Euvie Ivanova and Mike Gilliland, digital entrepreneurs and world travelers, founded the Future Thinkers Podcast as an outlet to “explore and bring light to big ideas, open up to alternative modes of living, and think about how all of us can build a better future for all of humanity” (as stated on their website). Their goal is to create a community of individuals who are actively involved in building humanity’s better future. Recently, Future Thinkers has been developing and distributing materials that promote a universal basic income.
For example, they have outlined some commonly cited reasons to support UBI in a short and simple infographic video, which is available on YouTube (1 min 47 sec). (The image above is from this video.)
Additionally, episode 31 of the podcast, aired on July 29, was an interview with Scott Santens on a variety of issues related to UBI. The 48-minute episode covered topics including how a basic income could be financed, the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (and how this relates to the decoupling of income from employment), the likely effect of basic income on the open source movement, the age-old question of whether the goal of humanity is to be a walking billboard, and many others. A recording of the podcast is available on YouTube and the Future Thinkers website.
