Excellent essay. I have been thinking for a while that the end-game for UBI looks something like a private prison with an individual’s entire UBI going directly to the subscription services they need to survive.
At least in countries where prostitution is illegal a *citizen* (inmate) will be able to supplement their subsistence by trading favours for prison hooch. The pretty ones might even get to service somebody with access to soap…
Everywhere else the evolutions of Tinder and Grinder will be taking their slice of that market too.