Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone. New technologies will liberate us from work,providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation,rather than undermining an economy built on full employment,is instead the path to a world of liberty,luxury and happiness. Solar power will deliver the energy that we need,while asteroid mining will deliver the necessary resources,allowing us to end the devastation of our environment. Innovations in AI,gene editing,food technology will leads us to new ways of living better lives.In his first book,radical political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope,highlighting how we move to energy abundance,feed a world of nine billion,overcome work,transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination,such a society heralds the beginning of history.
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Publisher: Verso BooksISBN: 9781786632630Number of pages: 288Weight: 236 gDimensions: 210 x 140 x 18 mm
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In 100 years'timemany of the ideas in this book will be mainstream,while kindergartenstudents laugh at our mainstream economic textbooks. Bastani's genius isto see the future with crisp clarity,unafraid of the consequences ofbeing rightOne of the mostimportant books to come out of the British left in recent years.Incredibly ambitious and wide-ranging,but also well-written andreadable,it provides a fascinating glimpse into a future beyondscarcity and beyond capitalism. Not simply a set of predictions about anunknowable future,it is a call to action to those seeking to bring anentirely new world into being.The debate is nolonger about tinkering with our current broken social order,butreplacing it: this fascinating book is an absolutely criticalcontribution,and a must-read for all those who aspire to build a newsociety.At a time when ourhorizons have shrunk,when instead of striving for a better world welook backward to old comforts,Aaron Bastani calls us to dream andstruggle for the type of society finally fit for humanity to live ashumans should.RousingIn a world where we are constantly told we have no choice but to accept the status quo his confidence in the possibility of change is refreshing.
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