The disappearance of duties for survival
won’t feel like “freedom” for most people
but like “loss.”
Modern human psychology maintains its shape through
roles, expectations, obligations, and the gaze of others.
External pressure gives us a boundary.
When basic income arrives
and AI and robots handle labor,
this external mold disappears.
Then people notice—far more than they expected—
that they are hollow inside.
The more someone has lived through others’ standards,
the deeper the blank space becomes when asked,
“How should I live now?”
It’s not depression or anxiety.
It’s closer to structural nihilism.
When duty disappears, only self-made structure remains
For people with an inner axis,
the loss of obligation feels like an expansion of workspace.
The external noise fades,
and they can focus on long-span creation.
The end of labor
is not a future where everyone becomes free.
For many, it is the moment
their thin internal container is exposed.
Creators survive because they are among the few
whose inner structure remains even when the outer frame disappears.
BI is a psychological earthquake
Basic income isn’t just an economic revolution.
It is a tectonic shift in the human psyche.