I’m all for this and am actively working towards it! I’m a robotics engineer and I want to live in a partially automated commune with some like minded people. I think there are real mental, economic, and ecological benefits to living this way.
There are many other people interested in this. One enthusiastic online community I’ve found is this one:
https://tkcooptech.tumblr.com/
They have a discord I can invite you to if you email me (see profile).
Finally see my discussion site on building automated societies at http://reboot.love
I believe the reboot concepts (more developed in my head than in my writing) can extend to whole cities and beyond. I think smaller communes could popularize the ideas and free up some people to be more politically active. The small communes would be a vanguard but the goal is to reach everyone, not just rich techies who want to unplug.
See my three essay series on the subject: http://tlalexander.com/wealth/ http://tlalexander.com/machine/ http://tlalexander.com/corporation/
See also the philosophy of Communalism: http://www.communalismpamphlet.net/
There are many other people interested in this. One enthusiastic online community I’ve found is this one: https://tkcooptech.tumblr.com/ They have a discord I can invite you to if you email me (see profile).
Finally see my discussion site on building automated societies at http://reboot.love
I believe the reboot concepts (more developed in my head than in my writing) can extend to whole cities and beyond. I think smaller communes could popularize the ideas and free up some people to be more politically active. The small communes would be a vanguard but the goal is to reach everyone, not just rich techies who want to unplug.