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Our public discourse is littered with dark and even apocalyptic
visions of the future. While some of these are indeed plausible, focusing attention there does not avert them. Coherent alternatives are needed. As the saying goes, where light is needed it does little good to bemoan the darkness. For vast multitudes of people, work may well be coming to an end. This will either become our greatest problem or our greatest opportunity. According to the Millennium Project, "The nature of work and political-economic systems may have to change ... or else there could be massive long term unemployment.