Everyone needs propose and meaning in their lives. Idle hands and all that.
It's just not as easy for everyone to find their purpose or to be happy in their own skins. Work often is a way to find purpose.
A full scale social experiment on UBI would be very interesting indeed but i generally am of the view that extremes never work. A hybrid or partial approach might be the optimal solution. Lets see what the fallout from the pup will be in Ireland and how the other ubi proposals pan out. Also lets see what blockchain brings to the table.