Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
I enjoyed!! i thought offered an interesting take on how communism could work in current society, and was more realistic than most utopian manifestos. My criticisms are that there is not enough detailed analysis of imperialism and the impact it has on us all, ie climate as a result of the US army, it doesnt have an answer to how corporations would just dissapear, and its assertion that scarcity will dissapear undermines and destroys economics (as concieved by Robbins). Overall though, not bad!
Presented as a manifesto, the first threequarters present the case that we have reached or will soon reach a time when technology is or will be able to support a society in which everybody can live a life of relative luxury and leisure. The last few chapters outline a way in which through party politics this can be achieved over time. The reality, however, is that technology has long offered that possibility, but innovations have not led us in that ‘expected’ direction. I spent hours in education seminars in the late 1970s discussing how education could respond to the increased leisure that was an inevitable result of the then present advances in technology. That increase leisure never materialized. The developments just led to a race of billionaires and an increasing gap between rich and poor. I have my doubts that any party bringing in UBS or fighting for an hour off the working week within the system is really going to achieve much. A much more radical shift in the way we think has to take place.
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Though I was enthusiastic to read this manifesto's vision for a more equitable, less wasteful future, I was dismayed that Bastani believes and depends so heavily on tech hype that at this point seems quite far-fetched, such as (strong) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and wealth from asteroid mining. In the four years since publication, the proposals have aged into naïveté, now that we know certain near-future prognoses over-promised.
Overzealous, too speculative and far fetched. He has some interesting utopian ideas, but the majority of the best and most realistic arguments in FALC have been said before (and better). Although I found the writing style un-obnoxious, accessible and quite laudable.
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Everything in this book was interesting, well laid out and argued, and ideal. It was the kind of book for me that I wanted finished asap but I didn't mind reading while I was reading. The only issue I really had was that it presented itself as an all or nothing approach. It wasn't overly idyllic and naive, rather presenting itself as either we do these things or everything that's bad that is currently happening or approaching will happen. I would only wish it would accommodate its flaws but to be honest the way it presented itself fully argued all its points before the book even got to them (which did create a drag but nothing too bad). Either way, enjoyable book and presents good politics/economics that should be heeded by the world.
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Eins der besten Bücher, die ich dieses Jahr gelesen habe. Es zeigt nicht die Zukunft, sondern die Gegenwart und ihre Möglichkeiten, die wir zwar vor uns haben, aber nicht sehen.
the concept and analysis felt tired, and i got everything i wanted out of the book at this time.