Dec 08 2019 83 mins 16
Apparently, fully automated luxury communism is more than just a meme. We read some articles about it and decided to have a discussion about its merits and shortfalls. Is a post labor society something that is possible or desirable? Is technology really shifting the base of society in a direction that makes fully automated luxury communism more likely? How do we define the concept of luxury and is it really something we'd like perpetuate? Do we as a civilization, species, or planet even have time for something like this to come to fruition before we face total annihilation? Fully automated luxury communism: a utopian critique https://libcom.org/blog/fully-automated-luxury-communism-utopian-critique-14062015 Fully Automated Luxury Communism — A Review https://medium.com/swlh/fully-automated-luxury-communism-a-review-a127d94dcb9a Is a Post-Work, Post-Scarcity Future Possible? https://www.bookforum.com/print/2602/fully-automated-luxury-communism-by-aaron-bastani-22004 FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY COMMUNISM: A MANIFESTO BY AARON BASTANI https://societyandspace.org/2019/09/03/fully-automated-luxury-communism-a-manifesto-by-aaron-bastani/ James Bridle on why technology is creating a new dark age https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/16/17564174/james-bridle-new-dark-age-book-computational-thinking-interview Aaron Bastani’s ‘luxury communism’ is a false future https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/fully-automated-luxury-communism-review Review: Fully Automated Luxury Communism http moo s://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/06/09/review-fully-automated-luxury-communism/ Artificial Stupidity https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/artificial-stupidity/ Inventing The Future https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-algorithmic-communism/ Support the show
