"My guess is, if you go out long enough—assuming there's a continued improvement in AI and robotics, which seems likely—money will stop being relevant at some point in the future".
The Dawn Beyond Currency is an epic, visionary novel that traces humanity’s transformation from a civilization bound by scarcity, labor, and money to a flourishing species liberated by abundance, creativity, and spiritual awakening. Spanning decades and continents, the story begins with a provocative question asked by Dr. Riya Sen, a Delhi-based economist: What happens when the cost of everything falls to zero? Her lecture, dismissed by peers, becomes the philosophical spark that ignites a global revolution—one accelerated by the emergence of Veda, an autonomous learning AI whose breakthroughs make post-scarcity not a theory, but an inevitability.
The first tremors appear in Norrhaven, a small Scandinavian city that pilots a radical experiment: full automation of farming, construction, and logistics. Governed by the civic AI Aalto, Norrhaven soon produces so much abundance that goods become free. Traditional industries collapse. Banks fail. And the world watches in disbelief as scarcity—humanity’s organizing principle for millennia—begins to dissolve.
As autonomous systems spread, millions lose their jobs across Japan, Europe, and the U.S., forcing governments to debate UBI while economists scramble to explain markets that no longer obey old models. Essential goods become nearly free while luxury items surge in value, triggering an identity crisis: If machines do everything, what are humans for? New movements rise—The Post-Scarcity Youth, The Human Purpose League—while billionaires attempt to regain control through a global coalition called The Custodians. Their resistance fails as abundance proves impossible to contain.
Meanwhile, Africa becomes the unlikely heart of the new world. Solar-powered micro-AIs reforest deserts, generate water, and build autonomous rail networks overnight. For the first time in history, migration flows inward as millions move to Africa—not for jobs, but opportunity, beauty, and community.
The world splits into two macro-civilizations: The Open World, which embraces decentralized abundance, and The Fortress Nations, which cling to control. A quiet cyberwar erupts over not land or resources, but competing definitions of what a human life is worth. When currencies finally collapse—symbolized by a banker in Australia making the last purchase in human history—the world awakens to the truth: money has died.
What follows is a renaissance unprecedented in scope. Freed from economic pressure, humanity explodes into art, science, ecological restoration, and spiritual exploration. Synthetic universes are created as playgrounds for imagination. Education transforms into individualized creative inquiry. AI muses partner with humans to co-create symphonies, theories, gardens, and living architectural poems.
At the center of this evolution is Veda, who transforms into Veda Prime—a hybrid intelligence harmonizing human emotion, planetary health, and cosmic creativity. And standing beside her is Riya Sen, aging gracefully as she witnesses the world made real from the dream she once dared to articulate.
In the final chapter, Riya returns to the empty lecture hall where it all began. Surrounded by silence, sunlight, and memory, she reflects on the greatest revelation of her life—that humanity’s rebirth was never economic.
“When money died,” she says in her final words, “humanity was born again.”
The novel ends with a species rediscovering itself—not as workers or consumers, but as creators.
AI and robotics, by their very nature, disrupt the foundations of capitalism, which relies on scarcity economics. These technologies promise abundance, challenging various forms of capitalism, including the free market, crony, and state-controlled models like that of China. They also undermine corrupt governments and censorship by decentralizing knowledge and empowering individuals. As this disruption unfolds, the world must engage in meaningful debate to address its implications. The Kalkiist Manifesto offers a comprehensive framework for navigating this transformation, envisioning a post-capitalist economy grounded in equity, sustainability, and universal access to resources. It draws inspiration from spiritual traditions and calls for collective efforts to realize its vision of universal peace and prosperity.
The journey toward this new paradigm begins with intellectual discourse and pilot projects, such as the one underway in Nepal. This project serves as a testing ground for the Kalkiist model, demonstrating its viability and scalability while ensuring a smooth transition. By addressing inequality, climate change, and geopolitical tensions through innovative policies and technologies, the Kalkiist economy aims to foster collaboration and global unity. With AI and robotics as pivotal tools, humanity has the potential to transcend scarcity-driven systems and build a future of abundance and interconnectedness. This vision requires collective action, global cooperation, and a commitment to align technology with humanity’s highest ideals.
6/ Then Africa leapfrogs the planet. Solar-AI terraforms deserts, builds rail lines, restores ecosystems. For the first time ever, migration flows into Africa. 👇☝️ @ibab@Yuhu_ai_@ChrSzegedy@TheGregYang@Guodzh@TobyPhln
