Part of my goal in putting together the After Capitalism research into a book (admittedly going too slowly!) is identify …
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A healthy fear of superintelligence
Homo Deus explored the possibility of a new human species emerging. If that wasn’t enough to persuade you that we need …
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After Capitalism: The Symbiotic Economy
APF colleague Matthew Henry pointed me in the direction of Simbi, which is essentially a bartering site in which “you …
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I Am Not a Consumer: Values and After Capitalism
Shifting values are a key part of the “after capitalism” story. It’s not just about economics, it’s really about our way …
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Commons or Commodities?
We might think about two polar opposite and perhaps extreme visions of the “after capitalism” future: commons, in which …
A class-y view on After Capitalism
Move aside proletariat. A precariat is emerging as a potential new class to the lead the transformation to an …
Four Futures After Capitalism
An interesting set of scenarios “after capitalism” from “Four Futures: Life After Capitalism.” The two key …