Will the work motivation change?
Depends on the way it is constructed.
I think people are motivated by curiosity and enthusiasm.
That remains the case until a high age.
An 80-year old is able to show enthusiasm and power, too, what one may not have expected of him.
We only need to invite people to discover their own enthusiasm and give them opportunities to act.
Human beings seek, or find their identity over their tasks, not just by mere existence.
Generally humans tend to say: 'Of course I want to work.' Work is considered very highly.
It means that one is integrated in society, gets remunerations, has friends and colleagues
and that one gets a certain amount of confirmation and esteem and all that.
I believe that if human beings are free of being forced to work completely new forms of work are becoming possible.
Humans are not lazy by nature. You can see that by observing children and their active lives. And that’s the way humans are.
If an employer is interested in a worker and the worker is interested in the wages that are paid,
then maintaining the employment relationship is in both sides interest.
If I look at my personal surrounding – scientists – I'd say you don't have to pay them anything at all.
They are so motivated, so enthusiastic about their work that once their subsistence is met to some degree
they will do what they do, and they will do it well. The same is likely to happen in many other fields.
People relate more than just income to work.
The basic income is releasing the work incentives. Money is not an incentive to work, money is an alien incentive.
The idea that income is everything is certainly wrong. Many other aspects play a role in the motivation of people too.
A crucial point is that our model is talking about the basic income as a socket.
I am relatively sure that people would like to earn a bit more.
Impulsion is not determined by an incentive to work but by enthusiasm for a cause.
The most beautiful of all formulas also is that one is responsible for oneself.
No one is slowing one down. You can no longer say: 'Oh, I could have done this or that.'
Yes you could have done anything. It's no one’s fault. It's you who is in charge of your life.
That is a great thought, as hard it can sometime be.
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