Alrighty folks. Government ain't gonna do it. Philanthropy won't either. This can't wait any longer. Time to throw down and build our own UBI. Join us. givebutter.com/NB7TFF

Boston friends and the UBI-curious, we're holding a very fun and FREE event in your town (hosted by Tufts U) this coming Thursday, March 6. It'll include... 1. a sneak peek screening of scenes from our upcoming docuseries Bootstraps 2. an engaging conversation between the audience, the project team, and a panel of movers and shakers in policy and impact work 3. exciting announcements about the nationwide impact campaign we'll be launching later this year 4. mingling/networking afterward with refreshments We'd love to see you there! Be sure to RSVP at the link below to get your tix. eventbrite.com/e/bootstraps-…

Heads up, Americans. In 2025, we're going to build a new nation. No need to renounce citizenship; it will exist within our borders. This will not be a political nation, though there will be taxes. It will not be a welfare state, though there will be an economic floor of support for all for all who choose to join us. It will be a nation of humanity. It will be a nation of solidarity. All will be welcome. Stay tuned. Follow via myself, @comingler1, and @scottsantens to learn more and stay updated. Support via @ITSAfoundation if you want to help us build faster.

Human beings are not wild animals. We have the capacity for strong feelings of societal obligation and collaboration across immense numbers of people. We have stories and narratives, we have societies and nations, and we each have a deep and abiding desire to achieve higher purpose and legacy, to matter to the world around us and to our species. That's why we're the dominant species on the planet by a mile. It's not that we're just that much individually smarter or more talented as creatures. It's that we have the capacity to work together across groups of millions or even billions toward complex, shared goals built around mutual stories. And when we provide people a heartbeat of income unconditionally and with trust, you usually find that people strive toward these higher ideals, because they are what truly drive us when fear and scarcity are removed, and when those narratives of society and belonging are reinforced. It's when we force people to compete with each other for scraps and basic subsistence that we see dependence and more "animalistic" behavior, because we're perpetuating a system that backs people into a corner like wild animals. Threaten someone's ability to feed themselves or their kids, and you get survival behavior. Empower and trust them, and you unleash our better angels. This isn't just nice sounding theory at this point. It's what has been witnessed every time, across at least a hundred thousand participants of over a hundred different basic income experiments (less crime/vice/addiction, more business creation, more trust, healthier family life, higher integrity/morality, etc).

Had a blast on the Forward podcast with @AndrewYang, check it out!