{"id":92523,"date":"2025-03-21T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=92523"},"modified":"2025-03-16T22:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T02:12:52","slug":"star-trek-jobs-money-and-replicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/03\/21\/star-trek-jobs-money-and-replicators\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Star Trek<\/em>: Jobs, Money, and Replicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tc_dAJfdWmQ?si=itXLZ2ht6wa6wBkS\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Feral Historian<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Jun 2024<\/p>\n<p>So the Federation doesn&#8217;t use money and magic walls give you anything you ask for. What kind of economy are we really looking at here, and is some approximation of this possible without first having those replicators? <\/p>\n<p>First we have to talk about what money is, what a job is (vs just being employed) and a little historical detour into modern efforts at Universal Basic Income. All of which lead to a very hypothetical look at how we might be able to build a rough approximation of a Star Trek economy in the near-term future. <\/p>\n<p>This is all analysis and thought-experiment. I\u2019m not necessarily endorsing any of these ideas, just bouncing things around for consideration. <\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:00 Qualitatively Distinct Model<br \/>\n02:27 The Triple Revolution<br \/>\n05:00 Jobs \u2260 Employment<br \/>\n06:32 Universal Basic Income<br \/>\n11:35 Federation Credit<br \/>\n13:45 Impacts of Currency<br \/>\n15:16 Can We Really Do This?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Patreon   | patreon.com\/FeralHistorian<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 Ko-Fi     | ko-fi.com\/feralhistorian<\/p>\n<p>Tangentially related, I wrote a book. The world it\u2019s set in uses a monetary system much like what I talk about in the last segment of this video. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 <em>Ninti&#8217;s Gate<\/em> paperback  | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGVzSWFrWDBVY0hpbko1c0d5X0YwZnV4dXI1Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsV1FtSy1Cbk9uTzBxU0E1LVZRRDFQQ21VTWFaZlR1RXdZRGJKR0pncEdBYUFVSjJTZmdEWXhGLURzaW5Rd25KVzhuS1IxbDV6S3hkdXRqczhEOGUtLXZpU3l6U0E1V3NXLWlnOVdyOGxyODJ6dkVfYw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%2Fw%2Fnintis-gate-matthias-pierce%2F1145141248%3Fean%3D2940185774984&#038;v=tc_dAJfdWmQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/nint&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83d\udd39 <em>Ninti&#8217;s Gate<\/em> kindle  | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CYXH9BWD\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CYXH9BWD<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feral Historian Published 14 Jun 2024 So the Federation doesn&#8217;t use money and magic walls give you anything you ask for. What kind of economy are we really looking at here, and is some approximation of this possible without first having those replicators? 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