1/ Iain Banks: people, given so much machine generated wealth that they don't need to work, will engage in drugs, art, tourism, and selfless volunteerism
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2/ reality: people, given machine generated wealth so they don't need to work, will engage in mean-girl gangs, memetic warfare to acquire status & wealth from low-status, coordinated shaming attempts to harm the productive, and organized calls to starve rivals into submission.
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4/ me, yesterday, re Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (TLDR: Cory Doctorow's politics are Very Bad, Actually)pic.twitter.com/zh1hDHE1xt
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5/ closely related to Slate Star Codes survive / thrivehttps://twitter.com/wraithburn/status/1490802884832858120 …
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