Trekonomics
The Economics of Star Trek
by Manu Saadia · first published 2016
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This was a decent attempt at trying to explain the economics around startrek if your interested. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trekonomics-Economics-Star-Manu-Saa... A nice change from all the dystopian reading!
on “What will be the second order effects widespread AI?” ↗Reminds me of Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren (1930) by Keynes Definitely worth a read. I also finished Trekonomics by Manu Saadia which was a good attempt at trying to explain the economics behind star trek, essentially a society where the economic problem (scarcity of resources) had been solved and people live to…
on “Pre-industrial workers had a shorter workweek than today's (1991)” ↗Manu Saadia's Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek is kinda the reverse: it's an examination of Star Trek's post-scarcity economy, how matter replicators change everything, and what people do with their free time when they…
on “The Rise of Dismal Science Fiction” ↗…familiar with any similar projects or anything related with the same topic (please share resources) -Do you think we could achieve the Venus Project or Star Trek economics: -https://www.amazon.com/Trekonomics-Economics-Star-Manu-Saadia/dp/1941758754 -Feel free to add anything that might be of value to the discussion I am aware that there is so much in this web of life that we can’t just simple switch to…
on “Ask HN: Jacque Fresco and Sustainable Future” ↗Trekonomics is a nice non-fiction book about the utopian ideas presented in Star Trek and especially TNG. There, they treat the replicator as more of a metaphor for post-scarcity rather than recipe (i.e. Star Trek…
on “How Dystopian Fiction Shapes Political Attitudes” ↗Trekonomics is a nice non-fiction book about the utopian ideas presented in Star Trek and especially TNG. It talks about Gene Roddenberry's ideals for a better future once post-scarcity (symbolized by the replicator)…
on “How Dystopian Fiction Shapes Political Attitudes” ↗…half an hour worth of the average American's labour. Chinese factories produce widgets for pennies. Under that definiton either both the 24th and the 22nd centuries are post-scarcity or neither are. Trekonomics writer Manu Saadia has a much better definition: "Post-scarcity is not so much a matter of material wealth or natural bounty, but an organizational option for society". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekonomics
on “The history of the end of poverty has just begun” ↗Manu Saadia's Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek is kinda the reverse: it is an examination of Star Trek's post-scarcity economy, how matter replicators change everything, and what people do with their free time when they…
on “Ask HN: Best scifi of 2017? (Vernor Vinge/Larry Niven style)” ↗The book "Trekonomics" has some interesting discussion about this, comparing it to status- and prestige-driven competition in academica. However, even if prestige-driven competition is the norm at least everyone has enough…
on “Twenty Questions with Steven Pinker” ↗…technological progress enables all of that. Not anytime soon prices will be so low that all people can afford everything they want. Luxury goods and premium pricing are here to stay. Maybe he was referring to Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek [1]. Post-scarcity moneyless society. Here is excerpt from Wikipedia: "The third chapter talks about the replicator, the machine that makes Star Trek's post-scarcity possible.…
on “Moore's Law for Everything” ↗How about Star Trek? I can't vouch for it having not read it, but Manu Saadia wrote Trekonomics in 2016: https://www.inkshares.com/books/trekonomics Sounds ideal for curling up to read with a cup of "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot" from the replicator.
on “Sam Altman: AI will generate enough wealth to pay each adult $13.5K a year” ↗This discussion makes me wish that I had borrowed the book Trekonomics from my friend when he offered to loan it to me. - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekonomics
on “Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years” ↗> Economics of Star Trek, Rick Webb - Exploration of how finances could work in the fictional world of the Federation Have you read “Trekonomics, Manu Saadia”? How do they compare? Are these same books?
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗…(https://youtu.be/PV4Oze9JEU0 - 3:00). This rests on the assumption that the collective humanity in Star Trek society are driven by those values. Yes they have matter replicators, but as Manu Saadia argues in Trekonomics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekonomics), even those require society and supply chains to be healthy to actually work for humanity’s prospering. Of all the promising cultural movements in our own…
on “Discussion: Concept of "The Codestream"” ↗