Weekly Filet #148: Free Money. Closed Borders. And more.
Free money for everyone is one of the stories about Switzerland that have travelled across the globe recently. As Swiss people will get to vote on a basic income, a lot of questions have arisen and remain open. This interesting article from the Netherlands looks at real-life experiments that might prove that free money does not remove incentives to work and leaves everyone better of. I remain skeptical of the idea – mainly for reasons, though, that are not mentioned in the article: It will create a rift between those eligible for a basic income and those who aren't and I shouldn't be at all surprised if it would lead to ever tighter immigration laws.
→ Why we should give free money to everyone (De Correspondent)
The Washington Post's Max Fisher continues his brilliant series. After Mali, South Sudan, Egypt, Gaza and Syria, now comes a timely explainer for the situation in the Ukraine. As a European, you can probably start with question 2.
→ 9 questions about Ukraine you were too embarrassed to ask (Washington Post)
Play Lego in the browser. Need I say more?
→ Build with Chrome
«Because ‹imagine everyone's naked› is terrible advice.» A great resource to check the next time you're preparing to speak before an audience. Valuable even if you're a experienced speaker.
→ Thoughts on Public Speaking (Zach Holman)
In December, San Francisco startup Buffer published all its employees' salaries for everyone to see. In a short interview, the company's CEO explains the positive effects the move has yielded.
→ After disclosing employee salaries, Buffer was inundated with resumes (Quartz)