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I’ve been thinking deeply about nostr:nprofile1qqsg86qcm7lve6jkkr64z4mt8lfe57jsu8vpty6r2qpk37sgtnxevjcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgqglwaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8wctvd3jhgmmxwdshgmmndp5jucm0d5mrly90 ‘s Price of Tomorrow and David Shapiro’s Post-Labor Economics.

Booth tackles monetary distortion — a system built on manipulated inflation. Shapiro confronts the collapse of labor in an AI-powered world.

One calls for money we can trust. The other calls for a new social contract when jobs aren’t the path to dignity.

They both see a future of abundance — but only if we stop inflating a system that can’t handle abundance.

Imagine: a decentralized economy where wealth flows from code, not toil — and systems evolve to serve people, not preserve debt.

This isn’t left vs. right. It’s old system vs. emerging reality.

#postlaboreconomics #priceoftomorrow #bitcoin #ai #nostr #futureofwork

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BTCrevolutionary 6mo ago

I’m reading the price of tomorrow. Very enlightening. Basically all the jobs are going to disappear, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing but what will people do without work? A lot of people’s identity is tied into what they do for work. Go to a party the first thing out of a stranger’s mouth is “what do you do for a living/work?”

Frank Wray 6mo ago

It does feels dramatic at first. But it’s less “all jobs vanish” and more “we’re no longer forced to work just to survive.”

Booth isn’t saying work disappears, he’s saying we get to choose what kind of work we want to do. Purpose doesn’t vanish, it just gets decoupled from survival.

So maybe the better party question in the future isn’t “What do you do?”but “What are you building?” or “What drives you?”

That’s the Glass Half Full answer, but that’s how I see the future.

BTCrevolutionary 6mo ago

That’s not my interpretation so far but I do appreciate your answer! If AI takes jobs too fast I think it could have a destabilizing impact on society at large until people can figure out what to do with themselves now that they don’t need work to survive.

I like your party question, it’s a much deeper question and would spark better conversations and maybe a healthier society because more people would be entuned with themselves.

AI is definitely a double edge sword that we are going to have to learn to live with

FreeYoda 6mo ago

I was writing an assy, twice, but deleted both.

So was able to put it in some 4 lines.

Deleted those too.

I won't touch this.

sêkwêstkwân ᓭᑫᐧᐢᑎᑳᐧᐣ 6mo ago

Yes, we are either on the verge of greatness or the verge of tee total totalitarianism. The Bank of Canada is struggling to maintain a relevant currency with their piss poor trucker convoy policy and lack of accountability and secrecy.

A currency that can be lodged with the BIS has 0 privity and is an ultimate vehicle for theft.

The beloved Made Beaver Currency 1820 stood in the face of the UK and the brits hated it. Why?

FreeYoda 6mo ago

Despotic totalitarianism only needs things to continue as they are.

The greatness option requires us plebs to align and keep something like Bitcoin pure (as a start).

We don't even have enough plebs who understand Bitcoin.

Let alone will put some effort into keeping it pure, I don't even know how...

It can be a bit frustrating to be honest.

The two biggest risks for Bitcoin are playing out right now:

Enough people owning their private keys

Poisoning the protocol from the inside.