Society in a Post-Scarcity World

by Piotr Trzpil

Preface

Methodology and Audience

Structure of the Book

Introduction: A Culture of Participation

Part I: Modernity and Where It Came From

We're Already a Post-Scarcity Economy

The Hyperreality and Disenchantment

The Age of Reasonable Feeling

Disenchantment’s Origins

A Need For a New Integration

Part II: The Past Is A Different World

The World Before Religion

Gods and the Porous Self

Narratives as Ancient Technical Systems

The Economies of the Past

Part III: The Evolutionary and the Psycho-Social

Our Fundamental Drive for Status

The Emotions Between Us

The Darker Side of Prestige

The Mind's Dual Nature

Beauty for Its Own Sake

Evolution of Art and Storytelling

Beyond Loss Aversion and Envy

Part IV: Structure and Interior of Culture

Life Is a Narrative

Values, Practices and Exemplar Identities

Trust and Predictive Behavior

Culture's Moral Scale and Boundaries

Connection and Experience

A Cultural View of Money

Part V: The Meaning Economy

The Economy of Status

Identity Economics and Societal Value

Contributive Status Economics

Architecture of Enclusion

A Modern Guild System

Permeable Experience

Temporal Institutions

Enclaves, Guilds and Artifacts

Part VI: The Futuristic Speculations

Pathways of Practice

Extended Mind Environments

Multinarrative Flow Culture

The Parliament of Enacting

Conclusion

Mythic Humanism