Economics: Extra Than Cash and Markets (Construct Higher Worlds, 4 of 4) – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 103
“My level right here is I need to encourage you that even should you don’t see anyone else crafting the sort of story, or dwelling the sort of life that you’re, that primary, you’re truly not alone as a result of all artists are attempting to try this or these of us who’re on the sting, a leading edge. And, it’s necessary, the work you’re doing, so please, please, please keep the course.”
On this episode, “Economics: Extra Than Cash and Markets (Construct Higher Worlds, 4 of 4)” podcast host of How To Write The Future, Beth Barany, finishes her dialogue on the ebook Construct Higher Worlds by Michael Kilman and Kyra Wellstrom. Beth additionally shares the three components of each financial system: manufacturing, distribution, and consumption, and gives an in-depth clarification for every. Make sure you take heed to components 1-3 first earlier than delving into the ultimate a part of this mini-series.
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Transcript for Economics: Extra Than Cash and Markets (Construct Higher Worlds, 3 of 4)
Hey everybody, Beth, Barany right here for an additional episode of How To Write The Future podcast suggestions for writers. I deal with serving to science fiction and fantasy writers as a result of I’m one too. And I do that as a result of I imagine by means of our tales. We will change the world. Actually, I do imagine that as a result of tales are the fundamental forex of being human. Now on this episode, which is an element 4 of 4, the place I deal with the ebook, Construct Higher Worlds: An introduction to Anthropology for sport designers, fiction writers and filmmakers by Michael Kilman and Kira Wellstrom.
Tales Are A Foreign money
That is my fourth of 4 of them proper now for this little cycle. And I need to say that, I simply talked about the phrase forex. Tales are a forex.
And the fourth chapter I need to spotlight for the collection is Chapter 13: Economics greater than cash and markets.
It’s attention-grabbing that I say that story is our forex as a result of.
As a result of why. It’s by means of tales that we all know. Form our understanding of who we’re, our identification, our self identification and with out self identification, we principally can’t survive. So we use tales in our day by day lives to clarify the place we got here from, how we got here to be, the place we might go. And by learning this ebook about anthropology, I’m hoping to shine a lightweight on how you should use all of the totally different tales about how we clarify our actuality from the anthropology lens in your story-building in your world-building.
As a result of I imagine that we will create constructive, optimistic tales that principally remake, reshape, who we’re as human beings and the sort of life that we will have right here on this stunning, stunning, valuable planet.
So in the present day, I’m going to do a fast abstract of the economics.
Three Parts Of Each Financial System
I admire the overview that the authors give three components of each financial system. And the authors are quoting anthropologist Eric Wolf and his ebook Europe and the folks with out historical past. And so Wolf wrote that there are three components of each financial system: manufacturing, distribution and consumption.
Manufacturing
So take into consideration that in our day by day world. Take into consideration manufacturing, who produces the products that we devour. distribution. How are the merchandise and items moved from right here to there and consumption? How can we devour them and what type can we devour them? So let’s drill down just a bit bit. They outline manufacturing because the transformation of uncooked supplies into items for human use.
The clothes we put on, somebody made these garments. Somebody or a number of someones gathered the uncooked materials that turned the material that then turned our garments. In my Storyworld, for instance, I’ve numerous 3d printers. Garments are made with 3d printers now, and so they’re made with cloth in my Storyworld. At present, 3d printers can print in plastic. They will print a metallic and I think about they will print in some sort of wood-like fiber.
So manufacturing, all the pieces we eat. Each piece of furnishings, make-up, footwear, shelving, flooring, digital tools. That each one began out as uncooked materials someplace. Someplace on this planet in some type or one other. Even issues made within the laboratory, they’ve some sort of uncooked materials. How does that work in your world? And what does your principal character find out about manufacturing? They could not know. Lots of us don’t know. I don’t know exactly-
I do know that the hoodie that I’m carrying is made by American Large and so they inform the story of their advertising and marketing about the place their cotton got here from and who harvested the cotton and who made the material and the place the material is sewn and put collectively and all of that. And I don’t know if they’ve tales on the place do they supply their metallic materials for his or her zippers or the place their zippers come from and who made them.
I’m unsure.
Distribution
I need to now leap to distribution. There’s manufacturing, distribution, consumption. So distribution is how do the goods- the motion of human created items throughout the inhabitants, to the individuals who will in the end devour them.
Do you go to your native farmer’s market the place the farmers solely drove perhaps an hour tops to deliver you their produce or lower than that? Or do you go to the grocery store the place perhaps the vegatables and fruits that you just eat got here from world wide? In order that’s an instance of distribution.
So that they break distribution down somewhat bit extra, which I actually admire, which I feel may be very helpful. They break it into reciprocity, redistribution and market change. So reciprocity is: I’ll take you out to espresso this time. And subsequent time you’re taking me out to espresso and numerous social relationships are based mostly on that: I make it easier to.
You assist me. And if that doesn’t occur, if there isn’t a fair change, particularly throughout in a peer group. or with people who find themselves your friends, then these relationships have a tendency to interrupt down.additionally reciprocity they are saying is decentralized, which means nobody particular person holds the reciprocity key or rule ebook, it’s very a lot individual to individual, group to group. And, folks create social teams and social cohesion with reciprocity and so they say, “There’s a fancy internet of social obligations and a part of social standing arises from the power to keep up social ties.”
That’s truly a part of our change is the power. In some teams that I’ve been part of writing teams, you’ll be able to volunteer to be on the board and take a sure position. And that provides you, that helps create a cohesion throughout the group as a result of somebody is sustaining that position.
And it can also convey standing on the individuals who tackle these roles.Additionally in distribution there’s redistribution. So redistribution is principally Taxes is a good instance they offer of redistribution in our fashionable world, the place everybody provides somewhat little bit of what they need to a central physique who then makes choices on easy methods to redistribute these assets. So all of our taxes in america goes to pay all these items that enable our authorities to operate.
And my native taxes go to my roads, the colleges and the streetlights on the market and the police and the fireplace and the water system and the litter cleanup. and fixing the potholes and that sort of factor.
After which lastly, as a part of distribution, we’ve market change.
So going to a market, whether or not it’s a flea market, a grocery store. commodities change, the New York inventory change. These are all market change.
Consumption
After which the final a part of Of economics is consumption. So consumption is using the products created by human manufacturing. So merely while you purchase that good, you utilize it. and, so who will get to make use of what in your world? and in what context, I like what they’re saying right here.
They are saying: "Phrases like shopper and consumption are sometimes thrown round in political and financial discourse. Questions on consumption in a society from an anthropological perspective are extra difficult than the easy definition you’ve most likely heard. Who will get to make use of these objects? What context do they use them in?
Are there restrictions about occasions, locations, and folks that get to have interaction within the consumption apply? There are numerous energy dynamics embedded in entry to financial life. Gender, race, faith, class and plenty of extra elements, all play an element in what somebody can and might’t devour. On each formal or authorized ranges and casual ones. Take into consideration non secular prohibitions on meals, like pork and shellfish. Sure cultures select what they do and don’t devour as a part of their lengthy standing identification."
And I may also take into consideration holidays and birthdays and what it’s that we devour when, and what’s thought of particular and what’s thought of regular.
Additionally with consumption.
Symbolic Capital
There’s one thing referred to as symbolic capital. I first heard about symbolic capital in a gross sales coaching truly. So what’s symbolic capital?
“An individual’s status, status, and talent to entry sure sectors of society based mostly on credibility is symbolic capital.”
So for instance, this ebook is for each anthropologists and for writers.
So should you’re getting an anthropology diploma, like I nearly majored in anthropology in school, then I get to show my work ethic, my stage of intelligence, and it means one thing, proper? Having a school diploma and within the anthropology means one thing and it carries weight. It’s a type of capital.
Or should you’re a author, like we’re. We’re attempting to construct extra genuine, fictional worlds and show our abilities as writers.
Then they are saying that can be a type of symbolic capital. It means one thing, it has weight. After I printed my first ebook, it was truly my non-fiction ebook, The Author’s Journey information, which is a self-coaching information to deliver you into your writing apply, folks unexpectedly checked out me, otherwise handled me otherwise.
All of a suddenI had symbolic capital. I like leveled up, by having a broadcast ebook.
Trendsetting
They are saying: “Symbolic capital is about credibility. But it surely’s additionally about embodying the norms and requirements of society.
There are individuals who can break social conventions, however they will need to have some type of symbolic capital that permits them that choice. Charismatic folks and trendsetters are examples of those that are capable of redefine symbolic capital and switch it to their benefit.”
I feel that science fiction and fantasy writers, not solely these forms of writers, however since I’m chatting with you and assuming you’re a science fiction or fantasy author, Or each, like I’m, we are literally a part of the neighborhood of people who find themselves trendsetters. And anyone who’s an artist is a part of pattern setting. And we by no means know for truly setting a pattern. However we will most likely inform that if we glance round and we don’t see anyone else doing what it’s that we’re attempting to do by means of our artwork, we’re most likely setting a pattern. And what does this imply?
This could open doorways for you, however we don’t know but what sort of doorways that may open.
My level right here is I need to encourage you that even should you don’t see anyone else crafting the sort of story, or dwelling the sort of life that you’re, that primary, you’re truly not alone as a result of all artists are attempting to try this. or these of us who’re on the sting. a leading edge. And, it’s necessary, the work you’re doing, so please keep the course.
A number of Methods I Help Writers
And should you want assist round that, I’ve a number of methods which you can take part with me. And I’ll inform you about them in a second. I simply need to end up right here about, on this chapter of. Economics, which I simply love a lot.
I’m going to finish with one final immediate and query that they provide. They are saying that, they ask you to think about, and I really like this immediate.
Power
“What are the first strategies your society makes use of to amass power? As a result of keep in mind all the pieces boils right down to an issue of power. Even meals.”
I actually love this query as a result of I used to be only in the near past. listening to our return to the moon efforts with the Artemis program and what NASA is doing and different area businesses are doing. And the first concern to have the ability to dwell on the moon, not simply go to the moon this time round, however now, the area businesses, NASA particularly, desires to dwell on the moon.
China too. So the most important downside is power. How are we going to energy the power of people to dwell on the moon?
And once I heard that, that basically struck me as a result of I had thought it was about, how can we use the assets of the moon to create a habitat, to create gasoline for, so the rockets can depart once more? How can we talk simply from the moon again to the earth? How can we get there safely?
How can we land safely? And this particular person’s no, an important factor is power. How can we ensure that we’ve power? As a result of two weeks out of the month, the moon, wherever you’re on the moon goes to be going through away from the earth. And so that you want some method to energy your human dwelling, throughout these two weeks. And the opposite two weeks it’s confronted towards the solar, relying on the place you’re on the moon. All proper.
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