num_pages: 278
description: A different kind of politics for a new kind of society--beyond work scarcity and capitalismIn the twenty-first century new technologies should liberate us from work. Automation rather than undermining an economy built on full employment is instead the path to a world of liberty luxury and happinessfor everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commoditiesfood healthcare and housingtowards zero.Improvements in renewable energies will make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Asteroids will be mined for essential minerals. Genetic editing and synthetic biology will prolong life virtually eliminate disease and provide meat without animals. New horizons beckon.In Fully Automated Luxury Communism Aaron Bastani conjures a vision of extraordinary hope showing how we move to energy abundance feed a world of 9 billion overcome work transcend the limits of biology and establish meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination such a society merely heralds the real beginning of history.
language: English
title: Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto
publisher: Verso