A half century from now, our grandchildren are likely to look back at the era of mass employment in the market with the same sense of utter disbelief as we look upon slavery and serfdom in former times. The very idea that a human being's worth was measured almost exclusively by his or her productive output of goods and services and material wealth will seem primitive, even barbaric, and be regarded as a terrible loss of human value to our progeny living in a highly automated world where much of life is lived on the Collaborative Commons.
The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identif… - Jeremy Rifkin
The Empathic Civilization is emerging. A younger generation is fast extending its empathic embrace beyond religious affiliations and national identif…
- Jeremy Rifkin
Turning points in human consciousness occur when new energy regimes converge with new communications revolutions, creating new economic eras. - Jeremy Rifkin
Turning points in human consciousness occur when new energy regimes converge with new communications revolutions, creating new economic eras.
Starvation does not occur because of a world food shortage. If everyone ate a vegetarian, or better still, a vegan diet there would be enough food fo… - Jeremy Rifkin
Starvation does not occur because of a world food shortage. If everyone ate a vegetarian, or better still, a vegan diet there would be enough food fo…
We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth a… - Jeremy Rifkin
We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth a…
t century, hundreds of millions - and eventually billions - of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable ene… - Jeremy Rifkin
t century, hundreds of millions - and eventually billions - of human beings will transform their buildings into power plants to harvest renewable ene…
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in q… - Jeremy Rifkin
We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in q…
Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey. - Jeremy Rifkin
Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.
Being both entrepreneurial and social is no longer an oxymoron, but rather a tautology. - Jeremy Rifkin
Being both entrepreneurial and social is no longer an oxymoron, but rather a tautology.
The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, unc… - Jeremy Rifkin
The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, unc…
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