# The Monetary System May Have to Pay People for Being Human by Emad Mostaque > If taxation of labor, tokens, or robots cannot fund universal basic income, the monetary system may have to pay people simply for being human. That would be a fundamental change in how money enters and circulates through the economy. Right now money is made by banks primarily. When you put a deposit with a bank, they issue a loan against it and they create new money in the system. > **— Adapted from Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [Impact Theory at 58:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=3510s) — The poster text is explicitly labeled as an adaptation of the complete argument beginning at the linked timecode; it must not be represented as verbatim speech. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/Post-Employment Economy|Post-Employment Economy]] - [[wiki/Universal Basic Income|Universal Basic Income]] ## Share on Social Media ``` If taxation of labor, tokens, or robots cannot fund universal basic income, the monetary system may have to pay people simply for being human. That would be a fundamental change in how money enters and circulates through the economy. Right now money is made by banks primarily. When you put a deposit with a bank, they issue a loan against it and they create new money in the system. — Adapted from Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-emad-mostaque-monetary-system-have-pay-people-human ```