Voyage from Yesteryear

= Voyage from Yesteryear is a 1982 science fiction novel by the author James P. Hogan. It explores themes of anarchism and the appropriateness of certain social values in the context of high-technology. [1]

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Suggested by Paul D. Fernhout:

"Since the availability of power from fusion reactors [solar panels :-) ] and cheap automated [robotic] labor has enabled them to develop a post-scarcity economy, they do not use money as a means of exchange, nor do they recognize material possessions as symbols of status. Instead, competence and talent are considered symbolic of one's social standing-resources that cannot be counterfeited or hoarded, and must be put to use if they are to be acknowledged. As a result, the competitive drive that fuels capitalist financial systems has filled the colony with the products of decades of incredible artistic and technical talent - and there are no widespread hierarchies." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_from_Yesteryear)