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I think where people go wrong in imagining post-capitalist economies is starting with values. The stacking order is technology —> economics —> values. You need to start with alternative technological principles. Example: design with degradation/aging as a feature not bug.
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For eg: You can’t impose “sustainability” as a bolted-on value onto an economy that is based on maximally valuing pristine newness as the default. Imagine an economy where most things peak in quality/value 30% into their lifespan, like living things. Digital stuff is that way.
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No. Values are primary. They are the hardest and the slowest things to change. Many of our values are embedded evolutionarily in who we are as human animals. Technologies can only exist to serve values.
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this is why I’m sympathetic to the idea of cryptocurrencies being the future. money is the meta-technology, and it’s the last big bite for software to swallow
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