Somewhat related, I wrote a critique of money [1] a few months ago and in that I illustrate how removing the need for money could stimulate advancement in the a

Somewhat related, I wrote a critique of money [1] a few months ago and in that I illustrate how removing the need for money could stimulate advancement in the arts and sciences. Rather than needing to secure grant funding, research projects would only need to source the raw materials they need. I argue that money is not the central object of study in economics, but actually material flows, and that abstracting economic problems into problems of money obscures the underlying issues with material flows. [1] https://jpreston.xyz/2020/05/07/abolish-money.html https://jpreston.xyz/2020/05/07/abolish-money.html