I was mostly offline last week skiing in the Alps. I love skiing for many reasons: I find it a great way to experience flow state and it combines being outdoors with vigorous exercise (especially when skinning or bootpacking up the mountain carrying a bunch of gear). The mountains are also a great reminder of how inhospitable and formidable nature can be.
Here is a picture I took from the top of Mont Fort in Verbier
Next week Monday I will resume posting excerpts from World After Capital but want to point out briefly just how transformative a basic income could be to what people can experience in the world. Skiing today is mostly a hobby for wealthy people. But with basic income anyone could decide to live in the mountains for some time, which outside of the big ski resorts are cheap. How does one ski then? The same way we did on parts of this vacation: by hiking up the mountain and then skiing down. And there are plenty of people in the world who can teach others how to do that.
