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As the author John Perkins spells out it’s a paradigm driven forward, ‘by a concept that has become accepted as gospel: the idea that all economic growth benefits humankind and that the greater the growth, the more widespread the benefits. This belief also has a corollary: that those people who excel at stoking the fires of economic growth should
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Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft: Warum unser Geld uns in einen dystopischen Weltstaat führt – und wie wir mit besserem Geld eine bessere Welt schaffen können (German Edition)
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Here is one idea for how to align humanity’s interests with the rise of the machines. Very briefly, this simple, practical measure would be for a portion of the machines of every company to become the property of everyone – with the percentage of profits corresponding to that portion flowing into a common fund to be shared equally by all. Consider
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spread the resources we have more equally around the world.
Paul Gilding • The Great Disruption
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Escape Fantasies Of The Tech Billionaires
Douglas Rushkoff
Enough should be a human right, a floor below which no one can fall; also a ceiling above which no one can rise. Enough is a good as a feast— or better.
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If we truly are on the brink of a jobless future, we should be celebrating our efficiency and discussing alternative strategies for distributing our surplus, from a global welfare program to universal basic income.
Douglas Rushkoff • Team Human
Revolutionaries past, recognizing that illegitimacy of most accumulations of wealth, sought to sweep the slate clean through confiscation and redistribution. I advocate a gentler, more gradual approach. One way to look at it is as a tax on holdings of money, ensuring that the only way to maintain wealth is to invest it at risk or, shall we say, to
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