Interesting Things on the Internet: August 18th 2014

• Would a citizen’s income be better than our benefits system? "There would be other advantages from such a system. First, it would be universal and hence avoid the stigma attached to benefits. Secondly, people taking a job or starting a business would have the security of knowing that they would still have their citizen’s income if the venture did not work out."
• Five Years of "Not the Valley"
• How to Be Polite. Bits of that reminds me of my approach to my first year (and maybe a bit longer) at uni. I don't practice quite as much now, but maybe I should.
• Ten years of OpenStreetMap. A nice overview of all that the OSM community has achieved so far.