Recontexualizing Economics for Sustainability (and other topics)
An IBM supercomputer named Watson easily defeated the two most successful past winners of the popular game show Jeopardy. Meanwhile, there are three billion brains out there trying to survive on $2.50 per day. What if we could tap into it? Could we figure out a way for the poor to earn income through brainwork rather than begging or back-breaking labor?
A sustainable economy can include a human society that delivers more good to its members, even while enriching, rather than degrading, the ecosystem we live in.
In classical economics, humans engage in value transactions with an eye towards their own advantage. A plausible and useful hypothesis. Somehow presupposed is a value calculation, even if often based on fuzzy logic. Modern...
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