Review: A Rare Treat

Here’s a review from Todd William:

“The world of technology is becoming increasingly more exciting with every new advancement, yet one aspect that many consider troubling is the notion that ever more jobs are being replaced by machines. This is not a new phenomena, as we’ve seen such shifts occur in the past. The agricultural industry once employed over 80% of the western population – that number being reduced to less than 5% today. Thus we are left asking, will technology create more jobs than it destroys, or are we doomed to live in a jobless world?

In his book, A Celebration Society, Jonathan Kolber tackles this question head on. He deals directly with the ramifications of many professions vanishing, and addresses the question of how a society can operate without individual economic growth as a goal – the answers to which may surprise you. He has taken on the task of developing a workable societal system, where scarcity is not only removed but human quality of life improves in staggering ways. Kolber accomplishes this with an exceptional level of investigation and historical perspective.

If ever there was a book that came close to sufficiently collecting all the most intelligent ideas and thoughts on potential consequences of future technology, Kolber has achieved it with A Celebration Society. He addresses a wide away of topics ranging from government, education, energy, ethics, access to life’s essentials, lacking only a discussion on issues of private property. It is a rare treat to find a book with an intriguing subject, an engrossing writer, and a well researched topic. In A Celebration Society, we have all three.”

~Todd William (www.the-thought-spot.com)