PositiveThe NationAsks whether we might learn to live like our ancestors did—that is, to value free time over money ... Suzman has his own answer for why irrational forms of make-work have proliferated across the economy, but he approaches this question from an odd direction ... If what Suzman is saying were true, getting to post-scarcity would require not so much a policy change as a cultural revolution. That is likely why, instead of focusing on concrete policy prescriptions, Suzman simply expresses the hope that \'catalysts\' like a \'rapidly changing climate\' and increasing popular anger, \'ignited by systematic inequalities\' as much as by a \'viral pandemic,\' will shake people to their senses.
