Timeline for Could inequality and class warfare still exist in a post-scarcity society?
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| Mar 11, 2017 at 10:11 | comment | added | jpmc26 | Alas, 'tis the love of money that is the root of all evil. ;) (Although several newer translations say, "all kinds of evil.") | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 15:25 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @slebetman - FWIW: The link I provided in the answer is to a downloadable "podcast-audiobook". If you'd rather use your eyes, there are a whole bunch of links of it in various formats here | |
| Mar 10, 2017 at 8:03 | comment | added | slebetman | This book is open source so it cost nothing to read. I highly recommend everyone here to read it (if you feel like you like Doctorow's open source philosophy go buy one so he can make money) | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 19:40 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @SteveJessop - Appreciate the tip (honestly. Always looking for good new stuff), however I actually don't much enjoy dystopic worlds. Got one of those already. | |
| Mar 9, 2017 at 19:21 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @T.E.D. "found quite dystopian" - in that case see also "Nosedive", from series 3 of "Black Mirror", which so far as I can tell might as well be Doctorow fanfic. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 21:03 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @RichardU - Now you are asking about Zardoz | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 20:41 | comment | added | user20762 | +1Good points! Supported by the fact that depression is so common in wealthy nations. Here's a question for you. If all involuntary suffering were eliminated and every desire could be provided at a moment's notice, would pain itself become a currency? | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:18 | history | edited | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:14 | comment | added | T.E.D. | A lot of people view post-scarcity society as utopian, but Doctorow's vision of it I personally found quite dystopian. Imagine the stakes in any little bit of corporate politics at work being your house and car. | |
| Mar 8, 2017 at 19:12 | history | edited | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2017 at 18:52 | history | answered | T.E.D. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |