Mis­tak­ing cap­i­tal­ism for a blue­print as to how to build a soci­ety strikes me as a real­ly dan­ger­ous idea in a bad way. Cap­i­tal­ism is a remark­able engine again for pro­duc­ing wealth. It’s a great tool to have in your tool­box if you’re try­ing to build a soci­ety and have that soci­ety advance. You wouldn’t want to go for­ward at this point with­out it. But it’s not a blue­print for how to build the just soci­ety. There are oth­er met­rics besides that quar­ter­ly prof­it report.

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Kars Alfrink

Kars is a designer, researcher and educator focused on emerging technologies, social progress and the built environment.