Certainly not any with a fiduciary duty to shareholders. It requires a group of private individuals to combine charity and business.
You have to give Sam credit for boldness. What other company would try a basic income experiment?
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Govt should be the one experimenting with Basic Income
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no thanks.
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wait til you see the next one!
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@kimmaicutler agree. not only impressed by the experiment, but larger model implied here (+OpenAI): of a new R&D model for our timesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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YC doesn't have shareholders. It's an LLC. So the partners can do whatever they want.
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One interesting thing is how angry it's made some folks. Especially among people who usually support private investment in science.
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It's not a basic income experiment because it totally leaves out the taxation side. It's a handout experiment.
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It's just like an innovator to try something vested interests say can't work. Next thing you know we'll have viable electric cars...
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effectively, Bernie's government
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