The world is screwed up.
In the way we’ve designed money, work, housing, and the entire economy. Since we moved from barter into the idea of money, inequality has widened to a level that makes no sense. Today, buying a house can take 30–40 years to pay off, and a brand new luxury car can take a decade to pay off. These timelines are not normal.
In some African villages, a young adult gets a home built by the community—no debt, no lifelong payments. A simple, dignified foundation for life.
We replaced that with systems that drain people for half their lives.
Humans are naturally willing to help each other, and we see it in the small, everyday moments—asking someone to hold a door, lift a box, or steady a ladder for a few seconds. People do it gladly. But we’ve built a world where favors become rare because time has been turned into pure survival. If I help you too often, I lose the income I need to live. We’ve made kindness expensive.
It leads to a simple point: we shouldn’t be talking about universal basic income—we should be talking about universal income. “Basic” signals minimum wage, the lowest acceptable standard. But the world has enough wealth for a proper starting point where nobody lives in poverty. And here’s the truth: corporations and billionaires have trillions. Even if they redistributed $100,000 to every adult, those billionaires would still remain billionaires. That’s how extreme the imbalance is.
This brings me back to AI and robotics. People fear that AI will take our jobs. But the reality is simple: AI was meant to take our jobs. Technology has always existed to reduce labor. It is not natural for a 20-year-old—or a 70-year-old—to work 50 hours a week until they can’t think straight. The brain was not designed for that level of nonstop pressure. Human beings were created to enjoy life—rest, food, laughter, connection, love—not endless strain.
AI and robotics unlock nearly unlimited labor. Machines don’t get sick, don’t need sleep, and can perform hundreds of tasks at once. There is no reason for the benefits of that productivity to be hoarded at the top. With universal income, people can live with dignity and peace while still contributing meaningfully—because humans naturally want purpose.
The world may be messed up, but AI gives us a rare chance to redesign it. A chance to build an economy where people can finally live well, instead of constantly trying to survive. We should get to a point where the word, “struggle” would be removed from the dictionary because it won’t be needed anymore.
