The Rise of Technosocialism

https://www.amazon.de/dp/9814868957/ 

I'm interested in reading this book. 

If the cost of providing universal health care is lower than the cost of building a political movement to prevent it, would politicians still view it as socialism? In a world where algorithms and robots take the jobs of immigrants and citizens alike, are border controls an effective response? If unemployment skyrockets due to automation, would conservative governments rather battle long-term social unrest, or could they agree on something like universal basic income?

IMHO, what the author calls socialism more resembles European-style social democracy. There is no reason to be opposed to it. If American politics adopt some of the ideas of European-style social democracy, the lives of many inhabitants of America will improve.

But it's interesting that he thinks that the future is going to be social democratic while many leading thinkers (mostly transhumanists) used to say that we're moving into the direction of libertarianism.

From the first chapter:

If not technosocialism, what are the alternative outcomes for the planet over the next 50 years? We see four possible outcomes for today’s society. They lie across two broad axes: collective vs individual and chaotic future vs ordered future as illustrated in Figure 6 on the next page.

• Neo-Feudalism: Unbridled capitalism that rejects the need for greater equality and fails to bring broad economic growth as employment and consumption slide. Long-term division between the rich elite and the poor reaches a melting point with rolling revolutionary actions and protests as the middle-class evaporates. The super-rich get access to longevity technology, AI, and abundance in closed enclaves, while mass unemployment, hunger, and disease are the norm for those outside.

• Luddistan: Rejection of technological advancements like AI. A slow and inept climate response stalls the global economy, while repeated crises contract population growth. Major coastal cities become uninhabitable due to rising sea levels. Food scarcity and hunger explode as crops fail.

• Failedistan: The largest economic states enter chaotic and reactive rule of law as the climate and markets collapse due to lack of planning, forethought and action. Global migration due to climate change is in the hundreds of millions. Borders collapse and resource wars rage. Governments collapse.

• Technosocialism: Society becomes highly automated, replacing most human labour. Technology advancements make housing, healthcare, education and basic services ubiquitous and low cost. Capitalism is re-engineered toward long-term sustainability, equality and the advancement of humanity as a whole. Climate mitigation efforts generate centuries-long global economic cooperation.