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Time：第 487 會，2019 年 11 月 9 日（週六）下午2:30~5:30
Place：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Emily Chen
Assistant Host:

Topic::
Universal Basic Income, Its Pros and Cons With Examples
Source:
https://www.thebalance.com/universal-ba ... me-4160668

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區 大業路182號 Mos Burger二樓
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:

1. Do you think everyone should get a guaranteed income in Taiwan? If yes, who should fund it, and how much do you think is reasonable?

2. ”Payments would help young couples start families in countries with low birth rates.” Do you think it will work in Taiwan?

3. What disadvantages listed above very likely will happen in Taiwan, if everyone gets a basic income?

4. If you receive a guaranteed income (e.g., 30,000 NTD per month) in your 20-30s, what would you do?


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時間地點須知：
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15
協會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Association_Principle.htm
各分會章程：
http://www.happyforum.org/Club_Principle.htm
協會會員會費及各分會會員會費及入場費：
http://www.happyforum.org/15.htm
參與例會，請自行列印當週的討論文章，並帶至現場
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=33
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http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1766
週六晚餐(Saturday Dinner)
http://www.happyforum.org/happy/viewforum.php?f=76
戶外活動(Club Outing)

Dear Taichung Happiers,

Happily ever after, yes or no? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR0aWzroEtA

What we really need isn’t about less fear—it’s about more courage.The origin concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) can be seen in Sir Thomas More's Utopia, published in 1516, more than 5 centuries ago. Martin Luther King Jr., Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates have adopted the attractions of UBI. Why? Nonetheless, recently, crowds of questions stream through people all over the world like lines and lines of fans exciting a concert. We feel those sweet shining free coins can read our every desire and fear. What kind of imagination can construct enough scenarios to explain this mystery? Innovation takes implementation, indeed. The best sensible society is not a society in which everyone is ashamed of fears, but a worthwhile society, rich in bravery and desirability. Somehow, either favorable or unfavorable as this policy may be, it’s nevertheless ambiguous in its implication. Morihei Ueshiba (14 December 1883 – 26 April 1969), a philosopher, martial artist, author, and the creator of the discipline of Aikido, had seen the larger picture and more responsible and valuable possibilities. “Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.” Accordingly, what kind of social changes can shed light upon a possible way out and help us set the sails in the right directions? Can UBI show the signs of turbulence not of despair and division, but of rejoice and confidence? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to join our host Emily Chen in giving intimate glimpses in the feasibility of Universal Basic Income.

Every innovation reads like fiction. “It was the perfect crime, until I deducted my burglar tools as a business expense.” We smell innovation like no rules now, and nothing would be really the same after this. In the 2017 World Economic Forum, professor Guy Standing at University of London opened the discussion by quoting from British sociologist and criminologist Barbara Wootton, “It’s from the champions of the impossible, rather than from slaves of the possible, that evolution draws its creative force.” With immense wit and resourcefulness, he endorses Universal Basic Income for it’s a means of social justice, a means to enhance republic freedom, and a means of providing people with basic security. Meanwhile, Professor Michael Sandel at Harvard University asserted that UBI will promote the concept of accepting a world, in which people’s contribution to the common good is not really required. So, UBI, what should we look for? In what ways can we look? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rL6gJkdlNU To be around UBI can be so tempting, because its confidence is more than what our first glance led us to expect. What relation and requirement of UBI can clearly reveal its reliance? Will it give wings to the work ethic and witchery to the social participation? Check out the basic income experiment 2017–2018 in Finland. http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bits ... inland.pdf UBI smiles, with such incredible warmth. How about in developing countries? Can we see the spark of hope awaken in their people’s eyes? In a silent place like Kenya, this Non-Profit Organization based in the US reflects an unexpected volubility. In the echoes of light, this Non-Profit Organization let its fingers hold the card of UBI gently. Can it make the future magically open its fist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DCadVAVsZo

Work is everyone’s master-word; work is everyone’s salvation. “Bankers never die...They just lose interest.” Nevertheless, the appearance of increasing applications of automation and Artificial Intelligence indicates shifting trends in employment. A wave of insecurity travels over our faces, and we feel the weight of our ignorance. As a result, Physicist Stephen Hawking warned that AI could spell the end of the human race; technology entrepreneur Elon Musk regarded it as our biggest existential threat. We understand the fierce competitiveness of automation in a way some people might have never appreciated. If automation will make most corners in the world quiet, what will be the only thing circulating? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm ... id=3044448 It is the smallest things of life that makes it all so beautiful and rare and wonderful. Let’s turn around and look at the fundamental things—the fears and hopes—that start us to hear our own voice shatter the silence. Fears and hopes. The diagnosis is not hard to come by; the solution is more difficult, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpyUJ9ncoRM Furthermore, it’s not bad luck, but inequality, that always manages to find some people. For them, it’s like there are opportunities everywhere, but nowhere. Inequality, in the age of automation! The problem is distribution, not the production. Then, is UBI necessary yet not sufficient? Give people other life-affirming skills and do more education experiments, shall we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8_eaWMU76M

Without happiness and kindness as witnesses, nothing we do is meaningful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JBSdWD4O0Y Our job as citizens is the pursuit of happiness—that’s what we always have to grid ourselves for. Happiness comes from believing. Believe that nothing bad will come our way when we are looking for nothing, asking for nothing, and feel content to be allowed to bathe our souls in the glances of the eyes of our beloved ones. Happiness is a circle of physical, mental, spiritual, social, and emotional dimensions. Fortunately, it’s not totally innate—we can learn to earn it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/duncanmadd ... cae0fd73e9 In addition, the larger hope and opportunity lie in our hearts, our kindness and compassion. The conflict between wealth and kindness is revealed only by unawareness. German social psychologist and demoncratic socialist Erich Seligmann Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) clarified the guideline. “Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” Sure enough, this isn’t about words. It’s about glowing lights and small things that are big. https://thinkkindness.org/the-scientifi ... -kindness/ We take reassurance from kindness, when a moment of heartfelt appreciation takes shape in front of us. Acts of kindness are not rare. People have not exhausted their reserves of compassion. Kindness fills the emptiness of everyone in modern societies. Above all, kindness is contagious. Be kind! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NUJ2JZz50

From “The Light in the Heart” (by Roy T. Bennett)

Top 15 Things Money Can’t Buy
Time. Happiness. Inner Peace.
Integrity. Love.
Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals.
Trust. Patience.
Class. Common sense.
Dignity.

Faith is an unmerited gift. To change our lives and the world, be the members of a new society where everyone is both challenged by a remarkable new world and remarkably courageous to respond to the challenge. Oh, the opportunities and dangers of UBI! Will we realize this potential existing in us? Will it carry us forward? What value do you believe so strongly that you give an Einstein’s sign: “I like to think the moon is there even if I am not looking at it”? Do you hear the clock ticking? Everything watches impatiently. It’s only your heartbeat that can answer. Yes, back to the meaning of every meaning, only great heartedness) and generosity transcend everything. When we see no sign of the slightest bit of human kindness, everything we do is reduced to vapor. Don’t hesitate! Being kind and compassionate, instead of being rich, has an unfair advantage on the rest of the world. We don’t know how welcome UBI will be, we don’t really know how many countries will support UBI, yet we know everyone has to serve people with love, especially the poor, the lonely, and the dispossessed. Either you support Universal Basic Income or not, there’s one message within this topic: Don’t give up. We are all with humanity. Humanity is always on our side. Join us. Thanks!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMa_UiNQKRw





With Gratitude,
Jasmine

20191109 Gathering