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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Index
‘Abundance Index’, 235–6
Africa, 107–10, 162
ageing
about, 138–41
in Britain, 141–4
Elysium, 154–8
gene therapies, 149–54
genetic information, 144–9
Green Revolution, 164–8
agriculture
about, 31–2
cellular, 171, 174, 175, 177–81
end of mass, 79–80
agronomic research, 165
Alzheimer’s disease, 143
Amazon, 88–9
Amazon GO, 88–9
Antarctic Treaty System, 136, 136n
anthropocene, 96–7
anti-austerity, politics of, 201
Apollo, 122, 128, 137
Apple, 84
Arkwright, Richard, 208
Arkyd, 132
Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne), 33
artificial intelligence (AI), 90
asteroid 16 Psyche, 134
asteroid belt, 131
asteroid mining, 119–20, 133–4
Atlas robot, 82–3, 132
automation
actual, 88–92
growth of, 239
in medicine, 91
autonomy
autonomous vehicles, 83–6
of publicly owned firms under market socialism, 231
Autumn Budget (2017), 58
Ava Winery, 180
Badiou, Alain, 18
Bank of England, 228, 229
Beck, Peter, 123
Bezos, Jeff, 121, 135
biology, as information, 39
birth rites, 146–7
Blue Origin, 124, 133–4, 135
Blumenthal, Chris, 2–4
Blur Origin, 121
BNP (British National Party), 27
Boeing, 121
Borlaug, Norman, 165–6, 171
Boston Consulting Group, 46–7
Boulton, Matthew, 34
BP (British Petroleum), 100
Brand, Stewart, 48–9, 64
Brexit, 21, 28–9, 30, 206–7
Brin, Sergey, 171
Britain
ageing in, 141–4
transportation in, 215
unions in, 211–12
British National Party (BNP), 27
British Petroleum (BP), 100
British Rail Consortium, 89
Brus, Włodzimierz
The General Problems of the Functioning of the Socialist Economy, 231
From Marx to the Market, 230–1
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Six Characters in Search of a Future
- I. Chaos under Heaven
- II. New Travellers
- III. Paradise Found
- Bibliography
- Index
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