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albertwenger··on The World After Capital
Fish farming. Growing fish meat from stem cells. Finding substitutes for fish meat, e.g. via synthetic biology from fungi.
albertwenger··on The World After Capital
My suggestion in the book is to go back to a distinction between "needs" and "wants." A distinction that capitalism has unfortunately erased. For a great treatment of that I recommend "How Much is Enough" by Edward and Robert Skidelsky. Here is my take on Needs (caveat: this section of the book is heavily under development, so YMMV) https://worldaftercapital.gitbooks.io/worldaftercapital/cont...
albertwenger··on The World After Capital
Part 3 of the book is a program for that reason https://worldaftercapital.gitbooks.io/worldaftercapital/cont...
albertwenger··on The World After Capital
The opposite of scarcity is not abundance. There is a state in-between which I call "sufficient." See https://worldaftercapital.gitbooks.io/worldaftercapital/cont...
albertwenger··on The World After Capital
There are different views of sustainability. My view is that the only path is continued progress. Here is what I write early on in the book https://worldaftercapital.gitbooks.io/worldaftercapital/cont...