MargaretC
@margaretc
MargaretC
@margaretc
A comprehensive universal basic income (UBI) experiment in the US, giving $1,000 a month to 1,000 low-income individuals for three years, yielded underwhelming results: slightly reduced work hours with no significant improvements in health or human capital investments. It did, however, increase generosity among recipients — spending on others saw the largest categorical increase.
Being in the wilderness is not just about things like self-sufficiency or situational awareness, it is also a place where you can learn grander, more meaningful lessons about life and how it should be lived. It can make you a better person.
A framework that unifies many forces shaping life. Laws of life. Where, when an how to intervene. Levers (political, market challenge, tech gap, culture mismatch or any combination)
The 4 laws of Life
Energy
Innovation
Cooperation
Evolution
Life stages (years ago)
Universe.. 14bn
Earth.. 4.5bn
First single cell.. 3.5 to 4b
Great Oxygenation. Earth cooled, ice age. Organism eat stored fat energy. 2.5bn
Ice age ends. 2bn
Sex. Cooperation. Multicellular.. 1.2bn
Cambrian Explosion (fossil records, diverse animal life). 540 mn
Dinosaurs. Lived for approx 180mn years. 240mn
Hominids & Chimp common ancestor. 4 to 7mn
Closest Ancestor (Neanderthal & Denisovan). 350k. Extinct 40k
Human in Africa. 150 to 250k
Humans colonised most of world. 60 to 70k
Hunter gather(Stone age) end. 12k
Agriculture technology start 10k.
Cities (Egypt, Iraq) 6k
Democracy Greece 2.5k
Industrial Revolution. 0.260k
Internet. 0.025
From A Theory of Everyone, Michael Muthukrishna