Comment by specialist
14 hours ago
> the vast majority of people do not have the cognitive ability
Fascinating. I'd love to know more.
Assuming your statement is true: If most people lack executive function, then people presenting ADHD symptoms are the norm, not the exception.
Accepting that hard truth would change society, right?
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Not to get too into the weeds about UBI...
> Ideally 100% of humanity would be on disability
Do you mean 100% eligibility, regardless?
> someone just needs to rebrand it as "UBI."
Or maybe you mean the original "negative income tax" proposal? (What the kids today call "UBI".) So that everyone's guaranteed a bare minimum income.
In either case: I agree.
We'd be able to greatly simplify our patchwork safety network. No need for special consideration for pregnancy, family leave, eldercare, recovering from surgeries, etc.
My point is we have the mechanisms to implement UBI today if we want, we just choose not to.
And yes from my experience with people diagnosed with ADHD - IMO it’s an “adjustment disorder” for people who can’t fit into a rote directed life
On the opposite end people with high anxiety but can play the role of doing what they are told go far, but are mimics, and have nary a new thought or alternative view available to them.