🌅 Post-Scarcity Society

Speculative visions of worlds where material needs are met for all, raising provocative questions about what humans do when survival is no longer the point. These stories explore purpose, power, and identity beyond want.

Utopia for Realists

by Rutger Bregman • 2014

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

4.21

44k+

💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

Utopia for Realists 91%

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

by Rutger Bregman 2014

4.21

44k+ ratings

💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

Fully Automated Luxury Communism

by Aaron Bastani • 2018

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

3.68

3k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary

Fully Automated Luxury Communism 91%

Technology is ending scarcity. The real question is who gets to own the abundance.

by Aaron Bastani 2018

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌅 Post-Capitalism 🪐 Post-Scarcity Economics ⚡ Left Accelerationism 🤖 Future Of Work

Deep Utopia

by Nick Bostrom • 2024

Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?

3.61

867

🏛️ Utopian Theory ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🌌 The Meaning Of Life 🚀 Future Of Humanity 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Deep Utopia 90%

Machines solve every problem. What's left for us to do, and does it matter?

by Nick Bostrom 2024

3.61

867 ratings

🏛️ Utopian Theory ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🌌 The Meaning Of Life 🚀 Future Of Humanity 🧠 Consciousness Studies

The Last Economy

by Emad Mostaque • 2025

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

4.26

304

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Last Economy 90%

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

by Emad Mostaque 2025

4.26

304 ratings

🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

3.92

2k+

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 89%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

A World Without Work

by Daniel Susskind • 2020

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

3.83

2k+

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

A World Without Work 89%

Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.

by Daniel Susskind 2020

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏭 Technological Unemployment 📊 Automation Economics 🌅 Post-Work Society 💰 Universal Basic Income 📈 Inequality Economics

Archaeologies of the Future

by Fredric Jameson • 2005

Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.

4.04

596

📚 Literary Criticism 🧠 Critical Theory ☭ Western Marxism 🌅 Utopian Studies 👽 Science Fiction Theory

Archaeologies of the Future 89%

Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.

by Fredric Jameson 2005

4.04

596 ratings

📚 Literary Criticism 🧠 Critical Theory ☭ Western Marxism 🌅 Utopian Studies 👽 Science Fiction Theory

Inventing the Future

by Nick Srnicek • 2015

Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.

3.97

3k+

💸 Post-Capitalism 🪧 Leftist Strategy 🤖 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income 🧱 Counter-Hegemony

Inventing the Future 88%

Small protests fail. The left needs automation, a guaranteed wage, and a long-term vision.

by Nick Srnicek 2015

3.97

3k+ ratings

💸 Post-Capitalism 🪧 Leftist Strategy 🤖 Future Of Work 💰 Universal Basic Income 🧱 Counter-Hegemony

An Enemy of the State

by F. Paul Wilson • 1980

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

3.89

442

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

An Enemy of the State 88%

To break an empire's grip, he targets its currency and teaches millions to stop obeying.

by F. Paul Wilson 1980

3.89

442 ratings

🗽 Libertarian Sci-Fi 📉 Economic Revolution 🌌 Interstellar Empire 🎭 Political Intrigue ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Accelerando

by Charles Stross • 2005

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

3.87

22k+

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai 👪 Generational Saga 💰 Post-Scarcity Economy

Accelerando 88%

He gives away ideas that trigger the singularity, while an AI cat engineers his family's fate.

by Charles Stross 2005

3.87

22k+ ratings

🤖 Singularity 🧠 Mind Uploading 🎭 Manipulative Ai 👪 Generational Saga 💰 Post-Scarcity Economy

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman • 2007

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

3.73

11k+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai 🌌 Deep Time

The Accidental Time Machine 88%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai 🌌 Deep Time

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

2.96

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 88%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

2.96

24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Rise of the Robots

by Martin Ford • 2015

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

3.96

10k+

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

Rise of the Robots 88%

Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.

by Martin Ford 2015

3.96

10k+ ratings

🤖 Technological Unemployment 🧠 Artificial Intelligence 📉 Income Inequality 💰 Basic Income 🔮 Future Of Work

Third Wave

by Alvin Toffler • 1980

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

3.96

3k+

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Third Wave 88%

Farming and factories each broke civilization open. Knowledge is the third break.

by Alvin Toffler 1980

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏭 Post-Industrial Society 💻 Information Age 🔮 Futurism 🔗 Systems Thinking 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Look to Windward

by Iain M. Banks • 2000

A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.

4.23

30k+

🌌 Post-Scarcity Utopia 📚 Literary Space Opera 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🧠 Suppressed Memories 👽 Alien Diplomat

Look to Windward 88%

A bereaved soldier reaches an Orbital with one buried mission: assassinate its godlike Mind.

by Iain M. Banks 2000

4.23

30k+ ratings

🌌 Post-Scarcity Utopia 📚 Literary Space Opera 🗡️ Reluctant Assassin 🧠 Suppressed Memories 👽 Alien Diplomat

The Seep

by Chana Porter • 2020

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

3.63

10k+

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia 🌸 Soft Apocalypse

The Seep 88%

When her wife chooses rebirth, Trina defies an alien paradise that has banned sorrow.

by Chana Porter 2020

3.63

10k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Futurism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Protagonist 💔 Ambiguous Loss 😢 Grief In Utopia 🌸 Soft Apocalypse

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan

by Liesl Clark • 2020

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

3.44

2k+

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 87%

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

by Liesl Clark 2020

3.44

2k+ ratings

🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

3.56

2k+

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 87%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

3.56

2k+ ratings

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

Future Shock

by Alvin Toffler • 1970

Acceleration is a solvent: of place, of loyalty, of identity itself.

3.82

5k+

⚡ Technological Change 🔮 Futurism 📥 Information Overload 🧩 Social Fragmentation 🗑️ Throwaway Culture

Future Shock 87%

Acceleration is a solvent: of place, of loyalty, of identity itself.

by Alvin Toffler 1970

3.82

5k+ ratings

⚡ Technological Change 🔮 Futurism 📥 Information Overload 🧩 Social Fragmentation 🗑️ Throwaway Culture

The Wealth of Networks

by Yochai Benkler • 2006

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

3.96

2k+

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The Wealth of Networks 87%

Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.

by Yochai Benkler 2006

3.96

2k+ ratings

🌐 Digital Commons 👥 Mass Collaboration 💻 Open Source Culture 📡 Networked Economy 📰 Media Disruption

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

3.77

132

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

The Post-Corporate World 87%

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

by David C. Korten 1999

3.77

132 ratings

🌍 Post-Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy 🏘️ Local Economies 🤝 Cooperative Economics ⚖️ Corporate Personhood

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler • 2006

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

3.88

668

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Revolutionary Wealth 87%

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

by Alvin Toffler 2006

3.88

668 ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Automatic Noodle

by Annalee Newitz • 2025

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

3.69

27k+

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Automatic Noodle 87%

Four bots open a noodle shop in post-war San Francisco. The city wants them shut down.

by Annalee Newitz 2025

3.69

27k+ ratings

🫖 Cozy Dystopia 🤖 Sentient Robots 🫂 Found Family 🍜 Food Fiction ✊ Robot Solidarity

Virtual Society

by Herman Narula • 2022

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

3.40

288

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Virtual Society 87%

Virtual worlds built civilization. The metaverse will fix what it broke: making us feel we matter.

by Herman Narula 2022

3.40

288 ratings

🎮 Virtual Worlds 💰 Digital Economy 👷 Future Of Work 📊 Virtual Economies 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 87%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson • 2015

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

4.00

126k+

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

Seveneves 87%

The moon shatters. Earth will burn. Seven women in orbit carry the last hope for humanity.

by Neal Stephenson 2015

4.00

126k+ ratings

🚀 Hard Science Fiction 🧬 Genetic Engineering 🛰️ Survival In Space 🔧 Engineer Protagonists 🏗️ Civilization Building

We Are as Gods

by Peter H. Diamandis • 2026

Scarcity is dying. Your brain never got the memo. The owner's manual for upgrading it.

4.67

📈 Exponential Technology 🚀 Techno-Optimism 🌕 Moonshot Thinking 🌊 Flow State 🧱 First Principles Thinking

We Are as Gods 87%

Scarcity is dying. Your brain never got the memo. The owner's manual for upgrading it.

by Peter H. Diamandis 2026

4.67

60 ratings

📈 Exponential Technology 🚀 Techno-Optimism 🌕 Moonshot Thinking 🌊 Flow State 🧱 First Principles Thinking

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

12k+

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The Second Machine Age 87%

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

4.09

7k+

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 87%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

4.09

7k+ ratings

🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

The State of the Art

by Iain M. Banks • 1991

A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.

3.82

20k+

💔 Utopia's Discontents 👽 Earth Through Alien Eyes 🤝 First Contact Ethics 🤖 Machine Sentience 🎭 Satirical Sf

The State of the Art 87%

A galactic utopia's agent catalogs 1970s Earth and falls for our beautiful, self-destructive mess.

by Iain M. Banks 1991

3.82

20k+ ratings

💔 Utopia's Discontents 👽 Earth Through Alien Eyes 🤝 First Contact Ethics 🤖 Machine Sentience 🎭 Satirical Sf

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Team Human 87%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

More from Less 87%

Richer, yet using less of everything: how four forces decoupled growth from material consumption.

by Andrew McAfee 2019

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧮 Environmental Economics 🤖 Techno-Optimism 🌿 Green Growth 🏭 Industrial Ecology 🌍 Global Poverty Reduction

Progress

by Johan Norberg • 2016

Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.

4.03

2k+

📈 Progress Studies 🌍 Global Development 🔍 Declinism Debunked 📊 Data-Driven History 💡 Enlightenment Values

Progress 87%

Extreme poverty fell faster in 50 years than 500. And that is not even the headline.

by Johan Norberg 2016

4.03

2k+ ratings

📈 Progress Studies 🌍 Global Development 🔍 Declinism Debunked 📊 Data-Driven History 💡 Enlightenment Values

The Price of Tomorrow

by Jeff Booth • 2020

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

4.08

4k+

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

The Price of Tomorrow 87%

Technology drives costs down, but the economy requires inflation. One of them must break.

by Jeff Booth 2020

4.08

4k+ ratings

📉 Technological Deflation 💸 Debt Economics 🤖 Ai Disruption ☀️ Clean Energy Transition 🛠️ Future Of Work

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

by Becky Chambers • 2021

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

4.21

193k+

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

A Psalm for the Wild-Built 87%

A tea monk walks into the wilderness and meets a robot sent to understand human longing.

by Becky Chambers 2021

4.21

193k+ ratings

🏙️ Solarpunk Utopia 🤖 Robot Companion 💚 Unlikely Friendship 🏳️ Nonbinary Lead 🛤️ Philosophical Journey

The Long Tail

by Chris Anderson • 2006

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

3.82

30k+

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

The Long Tail 87%

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

by Chris Anderson 2006

3.82

30k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📈 Abundance Economics

Chronicles From The Future

by Achilleas Sirigos • 1972

From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.

3.78

569

🏙️ Utopian Future Society 🧠 Mental Time Travel 💀 Dying Narrator 📔 Secret Diary 🤔 Philosophical Fiction

Chronicles From The Future 87%

From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.

by Achilleas Sirigos 1972

3.78

569 ratings

🏙️ Utopian Future Society 🧠 Mental Time Travel 💀 Dying Narrator 📔 Secret Diary 🤔 Philosophical Fiction

After Capitalism

by David Schweickart • 2002

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

3.98

250

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

After Capitalism 87%

After capitalism: a blueprint where workers run firms and the public steers investment.

by David Schweickart 2002

3.98

250 ratings

⚖️ Market Socialism 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism 🤝 Worker Cooperatives 🌹 Democratic Socialism

The Singularity Is Nearer

by Ray Kurzweil • 2024

AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.

3.89

5k+

🚀 Technological Acceleration 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧬 Transhumanism 🧠 Brain-Computer Interface

The Singularity Is Nearer 87%

AI surpasses humans by 2029. The plan is not to compete but to merge.

by Ray Kurzweil 2024

3.89

5k+ ratings

🚀 Technological Acceleration 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🔮 Futurism 🧬 Transhumanism 🧠 Brain-Computer Interface

Glimpses of Utopia

by Jess Scully • 2020

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

3.97

110

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

Glimpses of Utopia 87%

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

by Jess Scully 2020

3.97

110 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1974

A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.

4.26

154k+

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment 🌍 Dual Worlds 🏜️ Barren World

The Dispossessed 87%

A physicist leaves an anarchist moon for a capitalist planet where his theories become a weapon.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1974

4.26

154k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Sci-Fi 🏴 Anarchist Society 🌱 Utopian Experiment 🌍 Dual Worlds 🏜️ Barren World

Sacred Economics

by Charles Eisenstein • 2011

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

4.21

2k+

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Sacred Economics 87%

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

by Charles Eisenstein 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

The Good-Enough Life

by Avram Alpert • 2022

Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.

3.39

390

🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism 🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy 🌿 Degrowth Economics 🧬 Human Nature Debate

The Good-Enough Life 87%

Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.

by Avram Alpert 2022

3.39

390 ratings

🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy 🔨 Anti-Perfectionism 🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy 🌿 Degrowth Economics 🧬 Human Nature Debate

The Network State

by Balaji S. Srinivasan • 2022

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

3.92

1k+

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation 🔗 Network Society 🔐 Crypto Anarchism

The Network State 87%

Startup companies become unicorns. What if startup communities become countries?

by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022

3.92

1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Societies 🌐 Digital Sovereignty ⚖️ Moral Innovation 🔗 Network Society 🔐 Crypto Anarchism

Slow Down

by Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

3.92

3k+

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down 87%

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

by Kōhei Saitō 2020

3.92

3k+ ratings

🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Another World Is Possible

by Geoff Mulgan • 2022

Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.

4.47

🌐 Social Imagination 🏝️ Utopian Thought 🔮 Futures Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💡 Social Innovation

Another World Is Possible 87%

Our real scarcity isn't resources: it is the imagination to design a society worth having.

by Geoff Mulgan 2022

4.47

19 ratings

🌐 Social Imagination 🏝️ Utopian Thought 🔮 Futures Thinking 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💡 Social Innovation

The Ministry for the Future

by Kim Stanley Robinson • 2020

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

3.86

44k+

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

The Ministry for the Future 87%

A heat wave kills millions. A diplomat is asked to represent the unborn. She says yes.

by Kim Stanley Robinson 2020

3.86

44k+ ratings

🌅 Solarpunk 🌏 Near-Future Earth ✊ Eco-Resistance 🌳 Rewilding 🌡️ Geoengineering

Surviving AI

by Calum Chace • 2015

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

3.88

608

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

Surviving AI 87%

Superintelligence is coming. It could be the greatest thing or the last thing we ever build.

by Calum Chace 2015

3.88

608 ratings

🎯 Ai Alignment ☢️ Existential Risk 🧠 Superintelligence 💥 Singularity 💼 Future Of Work

We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

by Dennis E. Taylor • 2016

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

4.25

133k+

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) 87%

A dead engineer wakes as an AI and is hurled into space inside a self-replicating probe.

by Dennis E. Taylor 2016

4.25

133k+ ratings

🧠 Digital Consciousness 🚀 Von Neumann Probe 👥 Multiple Selves ⚖️ Prime Directive 🌍 Humanity's Last Hope

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

3.95

630

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

Anti-Tech Revolution 87%

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016

3.95

630 ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking 📉 Technological Collapse 🏛️ Civilization Critique

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