Fully Automated Luxury CommunismVerso Books, 11 jun 2019 - 288 pagina's This hopeful manifesto draws on Marxist theory to imagine a utopian future beyond work, scarcity, and capitalism—one where automation replaces manual labor. In the twenty-first century, new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commodities—food, healthcare and housing—towards zero. Improvements in renewable energies will make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Asteroids will be mined for essential minerals. Genetic editing and synthetic biology will prolong life, virtually eliminate disease and provide meat without animals. New horizons beckon. In Fully Automated Luxury Communism, Aaron Bastani conjures a vision of extraordinary hope, showing how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology, and establish meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society merely heralds the real beginning of history. “There are more ideas crammed in here than in a whole shelf of standard politics books.” —Guardian |
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PostScarcity | 159 |
Paradise Found | 183 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 269 |
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