This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

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How would our societies change if people had the freedom to make choices based on not what they have to do to survive, but what they want to do to thrive? In a future where technological advancement, with machine learning and automation, is poised to greatly disrupt our societies and create an ever deepening inequality, we must look at the possibility of severing the connection between work and income and provide everyone with the means to thrive.

In her talk at TEDxReykjavík, Halldóra Mogensen, a member of parliament for the Icelandic Pirate Party, talks about universal basic income, aiming to further the conversation on the topic in Iceland, inspire us to start questioning our current economic model and inventing our way into a more sustainable future.