I was chatting in the office (as you do) about economics, and was wondering what would happen if tomorrow, everybody agreed that they would work for free, and would freely offer whatever service they supply.
My company British Airways would probably find like all airlines, that they were fully booked (for free of course), and would have to get loads more planes to cope with the demand.. but would there be enough planes ? would people just stop working all together, and the entire economy would ground to a halt very quickly ?? or after a few months of getting up at 12 and doing nothing all day, would people return to work (or find work they actually enjoyed).
What then of services like waste disposal, sewage treatment .. I find it hard to believe anybody would actually want to work for the joy of it in this industry ?? or would they ??
In the end, I think I came to the conclusion, that people would just start reverting to old habits, and start bartering .. illegal stuff like drugs would still have a value !
So if we are not ready for such an economic model .. will we ever be ?? will there be a level of technological progress which would allow this system ?? or is it as likey as most of the other stuff in Star Trek like teleportation, warp drive and of course time travel .... plain impossible.
My company British Airways would probably find like all airlines, that they were fully booked (for free of course), and would have to get loads more planes to cope with the demand.. but would there be enough planes ? would people just stop working all together, and the entire economy would ground to a halt very quickly ?? or after a few months of getting up at 12 and doing nothing all day, would people return to work (or find work they actually enjoyed).
What then of services like waste disposal, sewage treatment .. I find it hard to believe anybody would actually want to work for the joy of it in this industry ?? or would they ??
In the end, I think I came to the conclusion, that people would just start reverting to old habits, and start bartering .. illegal stuff like drugs would still have a value !
So if we are not ready for such an economic model .. will we ever be ?? will there be a level of technological progress which would allow this system ?? or is it as likey as most of the other stuff in Star Trek like teleportation, warp drive and of course time travel .... plain impossible.
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