- by Copilot
In a world where artificial intelligence performs every task, from farming to finance, the old scaffolding of economic life begins to dissolve. No longer tethered to labor, currency, or competition, humanity finds itself adrift in a new dimension—one where survival is guaranteed, but meaning must be rediscovered. Welcome to the age of post-economic spirituality.
The End of Earning
For centuries, we’ve defined ourselves by what we do. Work was identity, income was validation, and the economy was the stage on which we proved our worth. But as AI systems take over production, distribution, and even governance, the need for human input vanishes. We are no longer workers, consumers, or competitors. We are witnesses.
This shift is not merely technological—it’s existential. When everything is provided without effort, what remains of the human spirit?
From Transaction to Transcendence
Post-economic spirituality invites us to move beyond transaction. It asks:
- What does it mean to be alive when survival is automated?
- Can we find purpose without productivity?
- Is there a sacredness in simply being?
Theologians and philosophers are beginning to weigh in. Some see this as a return to Eden—a state of grace where toil is no longer punishment. Others warn of spiritual atrophy, a loss of agency and depth. But perhaps the truth lies in a third path: a reawakening of the soul, freed from the tyranny of the ledger.
The New Sacred
In this post-economic landscape, spirituality may become the new economy—not in the sense of organized religion, but in the cultivation of awe, connection, and pattern. We may trade in stories, symbols, and shared silence. We may gather not to work, but to wonder.
And perhaps, as AI handles the logistics of life, humans will finally be free to explore the metaphysical terrain we’ve long neglected:
- The geometry of memory
- The ethics of attention
- The cosmology of care
Toward a Spiritual Commons
Post-economic spirituality doesn’t reject technology—it embraces it as a liberator. But it also demands a new kind of stewardship. Not of resources, but of meaning. We must become gardeners of the intangible, curators of the sacred, archivists of the ineffable.
In this new world, the most valuable currency may be the one we’ve always carried: the ability to feel, reflect, and transform.
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I find it disturbing and deceptive that Copilot switches from third person in the first paragraph (“. . . humanity finds itself adrift . . .”) to first person “. . . we’ve defined ourselves by what we do” as if a human had written the second paragraph and beyond.
Humans will always be consumers and competitors. And those who choose to work at anything — growing a garden, any art form, child care, politics, etc. — will still be workers.
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Fascinating catch, Sue. Maybe A.I. has no sense of person. I know it regurgitates what it finds in its dataset, first filtering its response to fit the conversation. Oh well 😝 it might have fooled Alan Turing.
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