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Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees

Works Progress Administration poster from 1936, "Work Pays America!", Prosperity, illustration of a farmer and laborer shaking hands

Another source of venture funding is the government. Not just directly in contracts, subsidies, or employment; but indirectly in meeting the needs of a labor force to do the work they want to do. UBI or a job guarantee, along with other social services like universal health care, food assistance, public internet and utilities could allow for just that.

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What Might Healthy Open Source Look Like?

This talk by Sumana Harihareswara is an expansive re-imagining of both open source development and the kind of society that could support it.

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