> Does anyone here ever think about alternative economic systems similar to getting rid of money, like what the Federation does on Star Trek?
To be fair, even the creators of Star Trek didn't think much about that, weren't consistent about it, and avoided any exploration of it beyond platitudes.
Also, one of the key assumptions of classical economics that actually seems to hold up to reality (unlike much of the underpinning of the rational actor model) is the concept of unlimited wants, which makes post-scarcity impossible with finite resources.
> Why hasn't an online group (similar to a utopia) formed where members contribute a portion of their incomes and receive a UBI?
Because an opt-in voluntary UBI-providing community faces strong adverse selection issues, and anyone willing to do the effort to set one up will probably think it through long enough to realize that is a fatal flaw.
> A single unicorn could pay everyone to work on unrelated projects and solve real global problems.
If by “unicorn” you mean “succesful venture-backed startup”, there's a fairly obvious reason they don't tend to toss money around on social benefit efforts with no ROI for the firm.
If you mean a literal mythical magical beast, there are other reasons that hasn't materialized.
To be fair, even the creators of Star Trek didn't think much about that, weren't consistent about it, and avoided any exploration of it beyond platitudes.
Also, one of the key assumptions of classical economics that actually seems to hold up to reality (unlike much of the underpinning of the rational actor model) is the concept of unlimited wants, which makes post-scarcity impossible with finite resources.
> Why hasn't an online group (similar to a utopia) formed where members contribute a portion of their incomes and receive a UBI?
Because an opt-in voluntary UBI-providing community faces strong adverse selection issues, and anyone willing to do the effort to set one up will probably think it through long enough to realize that is a fatal flaw.
> A single unicorn could pay everyone to work on unrelated projects and solve real global problems.
If by “unicorn” you mean “succesful venture-backed startup”, there's a fairly obvious reason they don't tend to toss money around on social benefit efforts with no ROI for the firm.
If you mean a literal mythical magical beast, there are other reasons that hasn't materialized.