Category Archives: Agricultural Age

Solutions to the national debt crisis 2/2: reviewing our tax base

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Our current tax base will soon be obsolete. It needs to be replaced by taxation of our new collaborative capabilities. During the Agricultural Age, tax was based on a share of the crops. When the Third Revolution came – which … Continue reading

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Perfectly acceptable institutions will become inappropriate beyond the Fourth Revolution

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Slavery is unethical. It is a terrible mistake of humanity, an example of the dark side of man. Or at least that’s what our mindset of the Industrial Age tells us. But in the Agricultural Age, slavery was a perfectly … Continue reading

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The second Revolution: Writing

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The Second Revolution was related to the invention of Writing. Writing is a technology that allows to transmit knowledge over long distances and long times. Very soon Agriculture and raising of cattle would change the face of the world. Population … Continue reading

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Specialization and trade

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From Age to Age, from Revolution to Revolution, specialization has increased. Hunter-gatherers were mainly specialized between men (hunters) and women (gatherers and children-raisers) In the Agricultural Age, priests, soldiers and specialist artisans were the specialists that did not produce their … Continue reading

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