Historical Materialism is a Marxist proposition that offers a “methodological approach to the study of human societies and their development over time”1. It holds, among other things, that historical change is driven by contradictions within the mode of production between the means of production and the relations of production, and that the overall nature of […]
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Historical Materialism – Insight From 1859
Frederick Engels, speaking at Marx’s funeral, cited the proposition of historical materialism as the greatest of Marx’s achievements, along with the discovery of surplus value, and the capitalist system’s “laws of motion.” It is staggering to think that this excerpt, from the preface of A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, was written in 1859. […]
Capitalism and Post-Capitalism Explained
Popular discussions of capitalism’s end and the emergence of a post-capitalist society are often full of confusion and muddled-thinking. Unnecessary debates and pointless digressions arise wasting everyone’s time. There are probably many reasons for this but one looms larger than all others — A failure to precisely define exactly what capitalism is. Some use the term so […]
Library
My office is never this organized. Books are usually lying around in piles which undergo a natural sifting process according to their relevance to the task at hand. I staged this photo in an attempt to represent the breadth and depth of thinking on the subject of capitalism’s social affects and the transformative role played […]
About The Excellent Situation
Embed from Getty Images Widespread technological unemployment? Invention and innovation occurring at such a dizzying pace they produce a societal Future Shock? Political and legal systems unable to keep up with the changes? The growing unrest of an expanding precariat? A window of opportunity — for those prepared. This is the meaning behind the Chinese aphorism, “There is […]
About Slouching Towards Dystopia
We may be living in technologically revolutionary times but there is no assurance that the socioeconomic changes these technologies bring will be for the better. Technological dynamism does not equal technological determinism. Revolutionary new technologies will not automatically usher in utopia. How things fall-out will depend on how we act; how we “become consciousness of this […]
About The Robot Economy
Capitalism has proven itself to be extremely resilient. There have been many theories predicting its imminent demise yet through one crises after another it thrives. Creative destruction destroys old jobs and old ways of doing business but new ones arise in their place. The autoworker replaces the buggy-maker, new technologies create new opportunities. […]
FAQ’s
This first draft of this page is being written before this website launches. Therefore there cannot really be any “frequently asked questions” yet. The few that follow represent what I anticipate some readers might ask. Q. Why doesn’t the Search feature find a post I know I’ve seen before? A. Because of the […]
Understanding The RoR – 4 Simple Questions
The acronym RoR , short for Rise of the Robots, refers to the totality of the sweeping changes that newly emerging disruptive technologies will bring to our economy, our society, and our culture. These technologies involve far more than just robots, they include artificial intelligence, machine learning, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and whatever else is coming which we […]
Peter Drucker: The Post-Capitalist Society
Peter Drucker’s book, “Post-Capitalist Society”, published in 1993, is included in this section on the history of ideas for one reason — its title. If you search the term “post-capitalist,” Drucker’s book is bound to come up. This may lead to some confusion. Is this website associated with the book? It is not. Drucker’s book has the […]