20. So, all those things you just listed that
give your lives meaning—family, friends,
cooking, volunteering, being creative,
playing sports—what if you could
spend all your time doing just that?
24. A little context, first . . .
Machines are doing more and more of
the subsistence work: a.k.a. the stuff that
keeps people alive, like growing food,
making clothing, building houses,
administering medicine, etc.
33. Think of Escape Pod as a laboratory
for a new way of sustainable, creative,
healthy, collective living . . .
. . . where no one has a job!
34.
35. Residents are paid a basic income
which they pool in order to purchase
locally-produced food and goods
(clothes, tools, creative supplies)
that the community needs in
order to thrive.
37. Great question!
Life at Escape Pod is built around doing
pretty much all the things you said
give your life meaning.
38. You’ll work on big creative projects.
You’ll prepare meals and eat them
together. You’ll exchange services:
music lessons, yoga classes, pottery
tutorials, physics lectures.
39.
40. You’ll concentrate on spiritual growth.
You’ll give each other gifts. And you’ll
plan a festival to celebrate the super
awesome gift that is life on Earth!
41. Oh, and Escape Pod is carbon neutral.
The point is to live well, small.
48. Escape Pod is designed to maximize
the worth of human interaction and
minimize the value of consumerism.
But we need people like you to help
us improve it!
