Thanks for this reply...I'm almost embarrassed to admit it, but I've always seen professional-level employment as sort of a zero-sum thing...one person has a 40-hour job, and one doesn't.

Creates a fun thought exercise. Let's say the average person has UBI in addition to a 20 hour/week job, and with those 2 income streams they have enough to live a perfectly acceptable life.

Would they accept those conditions, or would they look for a second 20-hour/week job?

As an American who has spent time living abroad, one key difference I've found is our general unwillingness to accept complacency...it pushes some of us to greatness, and others of us to an early grave!