Inventing the Future by Nick Srnicek Summary
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Inventing the Future challenges "folk politics" with a bold vision: full automation, universal basic income, and a post-work society. This radical manifesto has sparked global debate on capitalism's endgame. What if the solution to inequality isn't less technology - but more?
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Beyond Capitalism: Reimagining Our Technological Future
Imagine waking up tomorrow in a world where your value isn't determined by your productivity. Where technology serves humanity rather than shareholders. Where automation is celebrated, not feared. This isn't utopian fantasy but the provocative vision at the heart of "Inventing the Future." The book challenges a fundamental paradox: despite unprecedented technological advancement, we're working longer hours than our grandparents. Why? Because we've surrendered the future to neoliberal forces while the left has retreated into what the authors call "folk politics" - small-scale, local, and immediate actions that fail to address systemic problems. This crisis of imagination has left us trapped in a present where alternatives to capitalism seem impossible. But what if we could reclaim the future?
Why Today's Left Keeps Losing: The Trap of Folk Politics
The Neoliberal Playbook: How the Right Won the Future
Four Demands for Liberation: Building a Post-Work Society
Building Counter-Hegemony: From Ideas to Infrastructure
Reclaiming the Future: From Resistance to Transformation
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