The Moral Imperative of Post-Labor Economics Research.

A First Publication of the Theoretical Foundations for Post-Labor Economic Research.

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Research Paper on my GitHub Available Here!

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Shifting Focus from Post-Scarcity to Post-Labor Economics

I want to note that my thinking regarding post-scarcity economics has evolved, specifically due to my prior lapse in consideration of the constraint of scarcity with regards to land. For as long as we remain an Earth-bound species, land will remain scarce to some degree. With this consideration in mind, I realized that for the time being, the concept of ‘Post-Scarcity Economics’ appears idealistic within the philosophical lens of the world we live in today.

While I still believe a post-scarcity future will be attainable eventually, it isn’t an appropriate name nor a strategic one in terms of optics to refer to the economic challenges and opportunities that humanity will face in the more immediate future. At some point, I believe we can achieve a future in which the only scarce resource that will remain, and will almost certainly persist until the heat death of the universe, will be the resource of time itself.

Until a true post-scarcity economy enters humanity’s more immediate future and in order to avoid confusion surrounding these epistemic conflicts of land scarcity and time scarcity—which will likely require time-based resource obtainment with pricing based on time-preference demand—are resolved, I have decided to shift my focus and the optics of my economics research away from the term ‘post-scarcity’ and have instead shifted the framing of my research to surround what I now define as Post-Labor Economics. Though, it should also be noted that Post-Labor Economics would be more accurately refer to the dynamics at play by calling it Post-Labor-Demand Economics, but that is much too wordy for my taste.

With that said, as you read my prior work, whenever you see the term post-scarcity, keep in mind that the concept of post-labor-demand, or the term post-labor, is much more appropriate substitute for framing the lens surrounding my economics work for more realistically and pragmatically interpreting and understanding the concepts and frameworks I lay out within my writing as well as my research.

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Additionally, I’m excited to announce that as of today, I have released a significant portion of one of my research papers covering my primary research on post-labor economics. This partial research paper is, for the time being, incomplete in that it still requires a great deal of rigorous empirical research to meet the standards I require of research to be consider any conclusions to be scientifically rigorous and methodologically valid in determining the truth of our shared reality. However, I have decided to release this partial research paper because it is complete within the context of theoretical research paper.

I have made this theoretical research paper accessible to the public by publishing it as a PDF on my Github, available to read here. I encourage anyone who has any thoughts, insights, or unique perspectives inspired by this paper that you wish to share with me to reach out to me via email. I would be more than enthusiastic, I would be delighted with euphoric joy and curiosity to have the opportunity to discuss my research and the ideas contained within this paper!

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This economics research is perhaps the most fundamentally vital area of research to human prosperity in allowing us to understand and thus have the agency to shape the trajectory of humanity’s future economic, financial, and governance systems; the societal systems we design to organize, automate, manage, and facilitate this brave new world; and, the management of both opportunities and crises of our labor markets with regards to mass unemployment corresponding to mass labor automation that will demand a complete overhaul of our current institutions and systems for finance, resource allocation, economics, politics, and governance, in addition to paradigm-shattering circumstances that will demand a complete reevaluation of public policy as well as political and economic rights, all of which will demand novel solutions, institutions, systems, and a new framework of political philosophy, as the technological and economic conditions of our lifetime will turn Rousseau’s Social Contract into a relic of the past. We are alive during a period of history in which we will not merely passively experience a Neo-Enlightenment Era, but those of us who choose to rise to meet the call to adventure, but we must and we will be active participants in designing, shaping, and building this brave new world and this era of Neo-Enlightenment of which history demands of mankind, yet as history has shown, will be defined by those with the nobility to rise to the occasion to meet the moral imperative of our lifetime in taking on the initiative and responsibility on behalf of all mankind. We can build a better future if we work together to build it, but we cannot do it without supporting each other in the work required to succeed in building a better future. We cannot do it alone.

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If you wish to support my writing published here on The Void, or more importantly, if you wish to support and assist in funding my work in this incredibly important yet recklessly neglected area of research, with as much humility as I can manage given the stakes of not meeting this moral imperative, I must not merely request but I beseech you to contribute in supporting and funding my work on this area of research as a Paid Subscriber or even better, a Founding Member, of The Void. I do not receive institutional funding nor research grant funding, as this work is not something that can be done and achieved in a timely manner and to the degree of research integrity within our research institutions. So instead, I beseech you, so that I may afford the time to allocate my labor to pursue this vital work in my research exploring and examining the dynamics of our current economic, financial, political, governance, and societal systems to design and charter the path to a future in which humanity flourishes rather than a future that succumbs to dystopian circumstances as a result of neglecting this moral imperative that stands before each and every one of us.

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Thank you to any and all of those of you whom choose to support my work and ambitions to carry out my mission with this economics and technology research that is absolutely vital to ensuring we navigate a path through the volatile times ahead to end up on the other side of it in a better future where humanity can flourish. You will always have my gratitude and respect.

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Humbly yours,

SMA

Founder & Principal Writer

The Void

darkempress@the-void.blog

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References

1. A Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis On Technological Innovation, Labor Automation, and the Road to Post-Labor Economics: A Theoretical Foundation for Post-Labor Economic Research. Published April 6, 2025.

2. OpenSouls Cognition Hackathon Talk: On Post-Scarcity Economics. Published July 23, 2024.

3. Blueprints for a Post-Labor World With Universal Basic Compute. Published August 23, 2024.

4. Post-Labor Economics: Token-Pegging & Universal Basic Compute. A Framework for the Future of AI-Driven, Post-Labor Economies. Published on November 28, 2024.

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