I think that oxygen could be recycled by a generation of artists, or even dreamers; that we currently do not have, or are less artistic because they have to provide traditional labor input to the economy, instead of producing art in a manner most conducive to it.
I am of the opinion, that any first world economy could simply pay artistically inclined people to produce art (a form of happiness.) In this sense, it could reduce the commercialization of art, merely for the sake of grant money.
What about the economic argument of not having to compete with someone for the same job, if one of them chooses to be a couch potato?
What about unfunded mandates such as leaves of absence? Wouldn't it be better to allow people to have recourse to an income?
From another perspective, anyone on at-will unemployment could be available for civic duties. How much could that save the private sector in lost labor due to civic responsibilities?

