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Section 4

LifeSystems subscription marketplace

Competing cooperatives offering living packages — and how different people would use them.

?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

Which of these people are you? Does the arrangement described actually work for your life?

  1. Competing offer modular that may include housing, food, utilities, healthcare or health coverage, transportation, education, entertainment, , recreation, and community facilities. Baseline packages must meet defined and remain affordable to a single ; premium packages and desirable locations can cost more.

    §4.1

  2. Subscribers choose and packages. Under the default , the government routes an authorized portion of the recipient’s to the chosen provider and pays the remainder to the individual. This routing requires informed consent, transparent invoices, and the ability to revoke or switch. Independent individuals may purchase services .

    §4.2

  3. Renter

    Choose a complete housing-and-essentials .

    §4.3

  4. Unhoused individual

    Access an available without first obtaining employment.

    §4.4

  5. Existing homeowner

    Keep the house, receive or , and purchase optional services.

    §4.5

  6. Entrepreneur

    Use a or live independently while operating a business.

    §4.6

  7. High-income individual

    Receive tax-free or voluntarily decline it; buy premium services freely.

    §4.7