Do We Need Fully Automated Luxury Communism?
Talk
Forum Stadtpark
11.10., 11:00–13.00
English
Video talk plus discussion
Forum Stadtpark
Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz ♿
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Automation will liberate us from work and show the path to a world of liberty, luxury, and happiness—for everyone. Technological advance will reduce the value of commodities—food, healthcare and housing—towards zero, and improvements in renewable energies will make fossil fuels a thing of the past. Asteroids will be mined for essential minerals and genetic engineering will virtually eliminate disease and prolong life. The prospect of fully automated luxury communism conjures a vision of extraordinary hope; rather than being a final destination, it merely heralds the real beginning of human history.
Bio
Aaron Bastani (1984, Bournemouth, United Kingdom) is a political commentator, writer, broadcaster, activist and cofounder of Novara Media. His research interests include new media, social movements, and political economy. He has written for Vice, The Guardian, The London Review of Books and The New York Times and regularly comments for the BBC and Sky News. His “utopian manifesto” on the Fully Automated Luxury Communism (2020) has been widely discussed and criticized. He lives in London.
