The Empowerment Economy
A community-managed manifesto, philosophy, and policy playbook for the AI age.
Overview
- The Empowerment Economy — Purpose, scope, and core commitments of the Empowerment Economy project.
Manifesto Chapters
- The Canary in the Coal Mine — Why traditional employment can no longer anchor survival in an AI economy.
- Beyond Left and Right — Why legacy political frames fail when AI drives production.
- Defining the Empowerment Economy — Core commitments: sovereign individuals, AI as agency, and universal guarantees.
- The Warning of Traditional Employment — Employment as the signal that survival must detach from wage labour.
- The Choice Before Us — Contrasting futures and the third path the manifesto argues for.
- Closing Vision — A statement of purpose for a world where empowerment replaces employment as the social contract.
Participation
- How to Get Involved — Add your voice with Markdown, policy notes, and discussion prompts.
Foundations
- Philosophical Foundations — A synthesis of moral and political philosophy tuned for the AI age.
Principles
- Principles of the Empowerment Economy — Six commitments that translate philosophy into direction.
Policy Architecture
- Practical Architecture — How guarantees, infrastructure, and identity operate in everyday life.