Full title: Utopia For Realists: The Case For a Universal Basic Income, Open Borders and A 15-Hour Workweek Original title in Dutch: "Gratis geld voor iedereen" (Free money for everyone) by Rutger Bregman, 2014 ★★★☆☆ First read in May 2022 ** ## Raw notes: - page 188 low "the safest ones"  - page 205 - blood letting, the world is a horrible place (1799 lipitori l- au omorT pe prededintrle americii) dar la Tara la noi Inca se practica Asta cu paharele și lipitorile pe vremea Lu Nana - 182 labor Vs. Capital  - The smaller the world gets, the fewer the winners. - page 185 the comparison Kodak Vs Instagram ## What I was left with Scarcity takes up mental bandwidth. That’s why poor people make bad decisions. But scarcity is a relative concept. It can be based on a lack of income, but also on excessive expectations. The things you want are determined to a large extent on what people around you have. And what media feed you. And that’s another problem to solve. - Advertising. The quote on the advertising pound VS trash collection pound - the story of the GDP - Pg 153 - 155. The story about garbage men on strike VS bankers on strike.. Creating value VS shifting value - Page 120-121: "when you're obsessed with efficiency and productivity, it's difficult to see the real value of education and Healthcare. (...)" - to this same point, vezi și inceputul blogului astuia de Maria Popova, basically saying that “art is service”, all art is “(self-)help” [https://www.themarginalian.org/](https://www.themarginalian.org/) Very important point. An argument to be developed in acelasi “eseu” pe care sa il scriu based on the stuff from Rutger Bregman, explaining the value of culture in society, the political value of culture. Performing art is healthcare, both are services. Theatre, film, music, dance  - these experiences are services like therapy or . All art is art therapy. There’s no need for a further domain spelling it out, that anyway doesn’t get much respect: ”art therapy”.