Start Here: Unscarcity Notes

This index mirrors the Unscarcity manuscript. Begin with the core narrative, then jump into the chapter companions and the deep-research pieces aligned to each section.

Core narrative

• Preamble - The Crossroad: Why abundance tech collides with scarcity-era economics and why we must choose.
• Unscarcity: A Blueprint for Humanity’s Next Civilization: The book preview and the six crossroads it tackles.
• Chapter companions: Chapter 1 — The Individual · Chapter 2 — The System · Chapter 3 — The Foundation · Chapter 4 — The Citizen · Chapter 5 — The Evolution · Chapter 6 — The Transition · Epilogue — A Letter to the Future

Glossary

• Glossary index: Wikipedia-grade explainers for every manuscript term, from AGI and Merit to the EXIT Protocol and Proof-of-Diversity.

Chapter map to research

Chapter 1 — The Individual: Motivation and Purpose

What drives individuals when economic necessity disappears?

• Chapter 1 companion: Purpose infrastructure, infinite games, and the Merit system.
• Musk’s Universal High Income: UBI vs. UHI—why neither solves the meaning problem alone.
• Purpose Beyond Survival: Psychology of meaning after money.
• Merit Decay Curves: Designing reputation that fades to prevent permanent elites.
• The !Kung ‘Affluent Society’: What low-work cultures teach us about abundance.

Chapter 2 — The System: Governance and Economics

How do we organize and govern abundance for billions?

• Chapter 2 companion: The Four Living Pillars and referee-not-ruler model.
• Wikipedia Governance Model: How 2,500+ bots and human councils coordinate millions.
• Bronze Age Collapse: Centralization’s Fatal Flaw: Fail-safe design lessons from palace economies.
• Singapore Smart City: AI coordination at city scale—benefits and risks.

Chapter 3 — The Foundation: The Inviolable Compact

What fundamental principles form the ethical foundation of our civilization?

• Chapter 3 companion: Constitutional principles for post-scarcity societies.
• Goodhart’s Law and AI Governance: Why rules-based systems fail and principle-based constitutions succeed.
• When Emergency Powers Become Permanent: Roman case study on rotation, limits, and failure modes.
• Emergency Protocol Design: Architectural safeguards against constitutional drift.

Chapter 4 — The Citizen: Defining Personhood

What defines a “person” with rights and agency in our society?

• Chapter 4 companion: Consciousness recognition and citizenship pathways.
• Diversity Guard Mathematics: Statistical foundations for preventing bias in consciousness assessment.
• Humanoid Robots 2025: The state of humanoid robotics and implications for personhood.
• AI Coding Revolution: How AI capabilities are evolving.

Chapter 5 — The Evolution: The Human-AI Trajectory

What is the ultimate relationship between biological and artificial minds?

• Chapter 5 companion: The Cognitive Field and voluntary symbiosis.
• AI Coding Revolution: Current state of human-AI collaboration.
• Humanoid Robots 2025: Physical AI and coexistence implications.

Chapter 6 — The Transition: The Path to Unscarcity

How do we navigate from the current world to abundance?

• Chapter 6 companion: The EXIT Protocol and Phase Zero timeline.
• The 2025-2030 Labor Cliff: 30% of work hours automated by 2030—the urgency.
• Meiji Restoration & the EXIT Protocol: How elites were paid to convert to a new order.
• Fusion Timeline 2024-2030: The energy revolution that makes abundance possible.

Epilogue — A Letter to the Future

• Epilogue companion: Where to join, build, and stay updated.

Deep research notes

Economics & History

• Inca Engineering Without Money: Historical proof that a currency-free Baseline can scale.
• The Maya Dual Economy: A 90/10 split between universal basics and prestige goods.
• Time Banking Economics: How hour-based exchange systems build contribution without cash.
• The Tool Library Revolution: Modern Baseline pilots showing sharing economies at work.

Technology

• Humanoid Robots 2025: Tesla Optimus, Figure 01, 1X Neo—$499/month robots available now.
• AI Coding Revolution: 46% of code AI-generated, 55% productivity gains.
• Fusion Timeline 2024-2030: From NIF breakeven to Helion commercial delivery.

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