Section 16
One-page policy summary
The elevator pitch.
?New here? What LifeSystems is, in 30 seconds
LifeSystems is a proposal for how society could work once AI and robots do about 99% of the jobs, leaving most people without employment through no fault of their own.
- A basic income for everyone. Every eligible adult gets a tax-free monthly payment (UBI), job or no job. You can turn it off and back on whenever you like.
- Living packages from co-ops. Worker-owned cooperatives compete to offer affordable bundles of housing, food, healthcare and more, paid for with that income.
- Freedom stays. You can keep your home, run a business, earn more, or skip the whole system. It's a floor, not a ceiling.
- Funded by land. Mainly through a tax on land value, the one resource machines can't make more of.
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Your turn
Could you explain LifeSystems to a friend using only this? What would they push back on?
is a voluntary, competitive, service economy operating above a , tax-free floor. Every may receive the dividend, decline it, and resume it at any time. Basic necessities are made widely accessible through highly automated production and affordable bundled subscriptions, while people remain free to own homes, work, create companies, accumulate wealth, and buy goods independently.
§16.1AI helps deliver both material abundance and personalized opportunities for health, purpose, and social connection. , fair competition, independent oversight, and resilient infrastructure support the system. Its success is judged by the quality and freedom of human life, not by the quantity of compulsory employment.
§16.2Guiding statement
The economy exists to support life; human life need not be organized around earning a living.
§16.3