Collectivism and Science Fiction, Supplemental: Why TANSTAAFL.
Jason Kuznicki on Jul 7th 2008
Several of the pieces we have read or will read, including Cordwainer Smith’s “Alpha Ralpha Boulevard,” make mention of free food and drink in the future: a sign, the authors suggest, of the vast economic growth between now and then. The same is true in the Star Trek universe and in so many others that I’ve basically lost count.
But it won’t happen that way, and here’s why. Continue Reading »
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