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Unscarcity: A Blueprint for Humanity's Next Civilization

A back-cover preview of the Unscarcity book—why it exists, who it's for, and what readers will be able to do after reading.

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Unscarcity: A Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Civilization

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Humanity is running 21st-century tech on a 19th-century operating system. Unscarcity lays out the upgrade: a practical architecture for moving from artificial scarcity to shared abundance without waiting for some distant utopia.

Who this book is for

  • Builders designing products that will survive the abundance era instead of clinging to scarcity economics.
  • Policy shapers who need a governance model that keeps human choice in the loop while scaling AI.
  • Community leaders and educators looking for a blueprint to keep dignity, agency, and meaning at the center.

What you will learn

  1. Six crossroads: The key decision points every society must navigate as automation, fusion-scale energy, and AI reshape civilization.
  2. The EXIT Protocol: A phased migration path that runs alongside the current system until it outperforms it—bribing elites to cooperate rather than fighting them.
  3. Trust by design: Simple rules for aligning autonomous systems with human values—without recreating gatekeepers.
  4. Merit beyond money: How to reward contribution when marginal costs collapse and traditional incentives fail.
  5. The Foundation and Frontier: Two-layer architecture providing universal abundance (90%) while preserving meaningful challenge (10%).

The Six Crossroads

  1. The Individual: What drives creation and contribution when survival is guaranteed?
  2. The System: How do we organize billions without creating chaos or tyranny?
  3. The Foundation: What inviolable principles govern a just society when everything is possible?
  4. The Citizen: What defines a “person” in a world of both biological and artificial minds?
  5. The Evolution: Separation, fusion, or symbiosis between human and artificial intelligence?
  6. The Transition: How do we navigate from here to there without collapse?

Why now

  • Automation is removing 30%+ of work hours this decade; the current safety net cannot absorb that shock.
  • Tesla Optimus robots hit the market in 2026 at $20-30K. 1X Neo is available now for $499/month.
  • GitHub Copilot writes 46% of code. AI coding assistants deliver 55% productivity gains.
  • Fusion-scale energy and self-replicating robotics arrive faster than our economic norms can adapt.
  • The choice is already here: entrench artificial scarcity or build the infrastructure for shared abundance.

How to use this book

  • Leaders: Use the EXIT Protocol as a roadmap for policy and organizational change.
  • Product teams: Pressure-test your roadmap against the six crossroads to avoid dead-end scarcity plays.
  • Communities: Adapt the local-first patterns to prove new ways of living before they are imposed by default.

Ready for more? The full book expands each crossroad with playbooks, decision checklists, and historical precedents to help you build a civilization worthy of its tools.

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