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RE: Future work for my children
Dear @Lillliputt,
Thank you for your feedback.
I am not sure mass-unselffullfilling is a word - but it does capture what you mean. I think that a universal income is inevitable, but something that should be avoided by individuals if they can. Once the govt wholly controls your pay, your self-worth or selffullfilling will plummet, after all why bother trying to be better if you can't get more for your efforts. Plus if the govt controls your wealth and your ability to spend surely they will want something back for their investment - labour of some description and probably menial. That's a very pessimistic view and at conflict with yours, I hope there will be balance.
Dear savedmetwice,
I definetely don't have a pessimistic view of the unconditional income, because I define the workings of it differently than you. For example:
Even if the government pays you an income just for being a citizen, you can earn additional money by working. It just adds up. So there will be people who don't "work" (meaning for money), but everybody can. The very good thing is, you don't have to, but can invest yourself by studying and educating yourself, which is very much needed in our fast developing world.