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The basic income is needed to serve the creative genius of the community (i.e. the ‘scenius’)
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Implement a universal basic income
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Disputed I found the exact sentence on the P2P Foundation page, but there it appears as the headline of a post authored by Michel Bauwens, not as a quoted line from Brian Eno. Available transcripts of Eno’s related talk instead say that “scenius is the creative intelligence of a community” and that basic income is “the closest thing I’ve heard” to achieving the future he wants, which is materially different from the supplied wording. So this looks like an editorial paraphrase/misattribution, not a verified verbatim Eno quote. ([blog.p2pfoundation.net](https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/brian-eno-basic-income-needed-serve-creative-genius-community-e-scenius/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified. Web search confirms the P2P Foundation blog post (2016/09/04) title matches this quote exactly: "Brian Eno: the basic income is needed to serve the creative genius of the community (i.e. the 'scenius')". Brian Eno is well-known for coining the term "scenius" (creative genius of communities vs. individual genius) and has publicly advocated for universal basic income. The vote direction "for" on "Implement a universal basic income" correctly aligns with the quote's pro-UBI stance. Source URL could not be fetched directly (domain blocked by proxy), but the search result confirms the URL and content match. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 3mo ago
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