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Apparently, fully automated luxury communism is more than just a meme. We read some articles about it and decided to have a discussion about its merits and shortfalls. Is a post labor society something that is possible or desirable? Is technology really shifting the base of society in a direction that makes fully automated luxury communism more likely? How do we define the concept of luxury and is it really something we'd like perpetuate? Do we as a civilization, species, or planet even have time for something like this to come to fruition before we face total annihilation?



Fully automated luxury communism: a utopian critique

https://libcom.org/blog/fully-automated-luxury-communism-utopian-critique-14062015

Fully Automated Luxury Communism — A Review

https://medium.com/swlh/fully-automated-luxury-communism-a-review-a127d94dcb9a

Is a Post-Work, Post-Scarcity Future Possible?

https://www.bookforum.com/print/2602/fully-automated-luxury-communism-by-aaron-bastani-22004 

FULLY AUTOMATED LUXURY COMMUNISM: A MANIFESTO BY AARON BASTANI

https://societyandspace.org/2019/09/03/fully-automated-luxury-communism-a-manifesto-by-aaron-bastani/

James Bridle on why technology is creating a new dark age

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/16/17564174/james-bridle-new-dark-age-book-computational-thinking-interview

Aaron Bastani’s ‘luxury communism’ is a false future

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/fully-automated-luxury-communism-review

Review: Fully Automated Luxury Communism

http moo s://www.rs21.org.uk/2019/06/09/review-fully-automated-luxury-communism/

Artificial Stupidity

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/artificial-stupidity/

Inventing The Future

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-algorithmic-communism/

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