
Beyond Money
Resource Distribution Inspired by Biological Metabolism
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Narrated by:
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Mary Yoon
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By:
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Boris Kriger
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The monetary system, while historically instrumental in enabling large-scale human cooperation, is becoming increasingly inadequate in addressing the complexities of a technologically advanced and interconnected world. With the rise of artificial intelligence, automation, and the emergence of post-scarcity production models, the role of money as a universal mediator of value is diminishing.
This paper proposes a parallel system of intelligent, non-monetary resource distribution modeled on biological metabolism, in which needs are met dynamically through feedback-driven regulation rather than symbolic exchange. Inspired by the way organisms distribute nutrients and resources without currency—using signaling, prioritization, and homeostasis—we outline a framework in which artificial intelligence performs a similar coordinating function at the societal level. Such a system would gradually render traditional money obsolete, not through ideological abolition, but through redundancy.
We argue that in a world of abundance and automation, human motivation shifts from economic survival to creative participation, and that a cybernetic resource infrastructure can sustain this transition with transparency, adaptability, and ethical oversight. This vision represents not merely an economic innovation, but a civilizational evolution in how humanity relates to value, effort, and shared existence.
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