# Cosmos Café: How do we ask worthy questions of one another? \[1/16\] \[Cosmos Development\]

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**Created:** [January 11, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-how-do-we-ask-worthy-questions-of-one-another-1-16-cosmos-development/1635 "2018-01-11T03:11:30Z")
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### Author: ![madrush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/madrush/32/6452_2.png) [@madrush](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/madrush)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/cosmos-cafe-how-do-we-ask-worthy-questions-of-one-another-1-16-cosmos-development/1635/36 "2018-01-19T00:13:20Z")

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> [@Gennifrey\_Edwards](#):
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> Hey, Marco (@madrush), did you say « There is an epistemological rabbit hole around every technology » ? I’ve put it down as one of my favorite quotes.

I might have said ontology, not technology, but take whichever one you prefer!

Regarding the gift economy concept, the more I think about post-scarcity (yes, a far way off at scale, but already happening, as you point out, in the shadow of the ouroboros of capitalism biting itself in the ass) the more I realize that the locus of value is shifting to the _interiors_—i.e., to realms of consciousness and culture. This is where future wealth can be infinitely mined.

Paul Mason paints a compelling (dare I say hopeful) picture of the shift taking place:

> **[The end of capitalism has begun](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun)**
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> Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s time to be utopian

I have much to learn, but I am inspired by the potentials, insofar as we can take it upon ourselves to rewrite the rules of the game, in whatever small and practical—or visionary and epic—ways we can.

I would love to hear more about your fiction, @Gennifrey_Edwards. Le Guin and Delany are two of my favorite writers.

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