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Slides this across as an offering to hold you over

I caved and made Kirby OCs

Ramble/Introductions + Bonus Unpolished Scribbles under cut

Neither of them are very developed but i got the basics down

Halley is a Moth alien - I based her off of a Comet Moth (arguably a favorite moth of mine) and I was inspired by Rōnin’s armor, however I’d like to do more research before calling her one. She might get a redesign in the future although im pretty happy with her design right now.

I picture her not being a people-person but not afraid to lend a hand - whether it’d be to givedirections or offer protection. Halley wanders Popstar looking for a purpose. Id imagine she was a warrior back on her home planet before coming to popstar, although I haven’t quite figured out why she did come to popstar. When not guiding someone, Halley travels along with her friend Poli.

Pollineocene or Poli is a serpentine merchant, their cloak grants them legs (and an extra set of arms) to travel much faster though. Xe is inspired off of a Ball Python, Sea Slug, and Sea Bunny.

They run a little shop to sell charms/relics/artifacts whatever you’d like to call them.

Poli has a knack for artifacts of any kind, they’ve spent hours researching them and planning how to retrieve them. With xir antenna they are able to smell the magic of an artifact and figure out its worth when they sell. However some artifacts are too far to get whether being destroyed, highly guarded, or in another dimension. So they make do and craft their own. No one will know the difference!

Scribbles ⬇️

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GiveDirect Simplifying for 2019…

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Why UBI Works

Will Artificial Intelligence “destroy humanity?”... probably not.

But I am concerned that A.I. and Robotics will massively impact the future of work.

McKinsey & Co. predicts that 45 percent of jobs today will be automated out of existence in only 20 years.

This weighs on me.

While the magnitude of the coming change doesn’t bother me, it is the speed of the change I’m worried about.

(NOTE: We’ve seen such change before. America went from a society of farmers (84% in 1810), to only 2% farmers today).

This is a blog about one mechanism to buffer the impact of rapid “Technological Unemployment.”

In this blog I’ll make the case for Universal Basic Income and unpack some of the common misconceptions of giving money away for free.

Eradicating Poverty

Today there are 700 million people around the world living in extreme poverty (defined by the World Bank as $1.25/day (in 2005 prices)).

According the to Brookings Institute, just $80 billion would lift ALL of them out of extreme poverty.

We spend twice this amount in global aid every year – if only we could give the funds directly to the people who need it most.

In a recent Abundance 360 webinar, I interviewed Michael Faye, the co-founder of GiveDirectly, who presented some compelling data about the disruption of philanthropy through peer-to-peer aid.

Let’s dive in.

What is GiveDirectly?

GiveDirectly is the largest UBI experiment to date.

Over the next 12 years, GiveDirectly is running a controlled trial across 4 villages in Kenya, with more than 26,000 participants.

In addition to a control group, 40 villages will receive a regular basic income for 12 years, another 80 for 2 years, and yet another 80 will receive a single lump sum equivalent to 2 year’s worth of income.

Within each village, everyone -- man, woman and child -- receives the same equal payment of roughly 75 cents per day regardless of their current wealth.

Incredibly, since launching the experiment in 2012, GiveDirected has distributed more than $100 million in total donations for people in extreme poverty.

The data they are accumulating on the efficacy of UBI is incredible.

Here are the top 3 takeaways from our conversation:

1. Philanthropy is ripe for disruption.

Most of today’s billion-dollar non-profits and NGO are incredibly inefficient and bureaucratic.

Michael estimates only about “15 - 20% of donations” actually get to recipients, adding that in many cases “the current system is so complex that many of the agencies themselves don’t know the actual number.”

Many programs and donations are in-kind items, such as foods, which are often resold at a discount because the recipients simply don't want them.

By giving cash instead of goods, combined with its mobile-enabled technology stack, GiveDirectly flips that ratio.

For every dollar, 90 cents ends up in the hand of the recipient.

2. Directly giving cash has counter-intuitive positive byproducts.

As a society we underestimate the ability of the poor to make decisions in their best interest.

We want to prescribe who gets what, how much, and under what conditions.

For example, Michael asks, “If you ask a child whether they’d prefer to give a poor person a cow, or give them money?” They typically respond that its better to give a cow. It feels better.”

We are also hesitant to give cash for fear that it will lead to increased substance abuse, or lead to laziness.

However well documented studies consistently show that cash transfers:

Tend to cause a decline in the purchase of alcohol or tobacco; and

Tend to lead to an increase in the hours worked.

For example, in Sri Lanka, a study of one-time transfers found that men’s annual income had increased by 64-96% of the grant amount after five years.

In Uganda, 4 years after a small one-time donation, recipients were earning 41% more than those who had not received the donation.

3. Cash Transfers Lead to Better Health & Social Outcomes.

Looking at over 160 studies across 30 countries and 56 cash transfer programs, the Overseas Development Institute recently performed a meta analysis, finding positive results across areas such as education, health and nutrition, savings and investment, and employment.

Specific to health, studies have found:

Large increases in children’s height and weight in South Africa

Reductions in HIV infections and psychological distress in Malawi

Reductions in low-birth weight in Uruguay, and

Reductions in child labor as well as increases in childhood schooling.

Decreases in domestic violence.

My Closing Thoughts

Technological unemployment is coming fast and it has the potential to lead to significant social unrest.

We need to be proposing and running experiments to validate solutions that work across geographies, cultures and at scale.

UBI is one idea. I salute the passionate entrepreneurs who are launching experiments to uncover their solutions.

What will you do to make an impact?

We have the raw materials to create a world of abundance.

Let’s get to work.

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GiveDirect Simplifying for 2019…

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GiveDirect Platform: The story of Alice, Bob, Eve... Stellar mainnet NFC remittance!

GiveDirect Platform: The story of Alice, Bob, Eve… Stellar mainnet NFC remittance!

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