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The Future We Deserve: Living Without Money, Living With Purpose

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  “With active participation comes real empowerment, and an end to the myth that only elites know what’s best for society.” Resourceism offers a visionary alternative to capitalism and socialism, proposing a world where all natural resources are collectively owned and equitably shared. The idea is simple yet radical: use technology and empathy to meet human needs directly, without money, trade, or profit. But how would such a system be phased in globally? What would daily life look like? And how would we account for resources and measure quality of life? This article provides a comprehensive roadmap for implementing Resourceism, from localized beginnings to global adoption, and illustrates what living in a resource-based economy might actually feel like. Laying the Foundation: Global Phase-In Scenarios Pilot Communities and Prototype Cities The most logical entry point is through small-scale experiments. Select cities or towns—particularly those already engaged in progressive or su...

Participatory Democracy Prevent Collapse in the Age of AI

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  “The choice isn’t between AI and collapse. It’s between clinging to wage-bound capitalism, or building a participatory resourceist democracy that makes technology the servant of humanity.” Introduction: The Fear of Redundant Humanity A growing chorus of writers and economists is sounding the alarm.  They warn that the rise of artificial intelligence is not just about efficiency or convenience. It is about survival. If AI wipes out jobs, they say, demand will collapse. Without wages, people cannot buy what machines produce. The economy would then devour itself in a cycle of abundance without consumption, supply without demand. One recent essay  even compares humans to the horses of the industrial era. Once indispensable, horses became economically redundant once machines could pull carts, plow fields, and transport goods. The fear is that AI will do the same to people. This anxiety is powerful. But it is also misplaced. What collapses is not humanity, but the economic sy...