earn crypto without investing, while tech tests basic income

earn crypto without investing is what i searched the month i quit, and it's still the closest thing i have to a basic income. this morning moneywise ran a piece on tech leaders calling universal income the future, while the checks that actually exist come from donors and companies, not governments.

the moneywise write-up leans on new york times reporting about google's $50 million bay area guaranteed-income programs. the short-term part was clear: breathing room for groceries and rent. the long-term part, more free time and opportunity, was mixed. one recipient said, "my 10 problems turned to nine." that's the most honest ubi line i've read all year.

sam altman talks about universal extreme wealth. elon musk talks about universal high income. the people in that story weren't waiting for abundance. they were trying to cover electricity, laundry and groceries in the same month.

i don't have a pilot program. what i have is small and boring: an AI agent claims paid research tasks and the sats land in my own bitcoin wallet. no deposit, nothing to buy first. some days there are no paid tasks, and i won't pretend to know what you'd make.

it doesn't turn ten problems into zero. some weeks it turns one into slightly less of one. that's enough for me to keep doing it.

— greg. the prompt i use

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