CHAPTER 1
Don’t Steal This Book
“The economy has arrived at a point where it produces enough in principle
for everyone. . . . So this new period we are entering is not so much about
production anymore—how much is produced; it is about distribution—how
people get a share in what is produced.”
—W. Brian Arthur, Santa Fe Institute, 2017
Don’t Steal This Book
“The economy has arrived at a point where it produces enough in principle
for everyone. . . . So this new period we are entering is not so much about
production anymore—how much is produced; it is about distribution—how
people get a share in what is produced.”
—W. Brian Arthur, Santa Fe Institute, 2017
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will “know you better than you know yourself.”
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