Abject Geekery

When we first started Abject Geekery I generated a list of “geek” topics I wanted to write about.  The list was supposed to be a touchstone for me as the months went by to make sure that I was staying true to the “geek” nature of the site.  As you all know by now, I was already on a trajectory of increased political activity.  I have invested a lot of my time in poli-pursuits and this has really cut into my “geek” ones.  That of course isn’t to say that the geek bug hasn’t bitten me, it is better to say that the when bitten the symptoms presented in political ways.  This was definitely the case with the list item “Economics of Sector 001 – Who Pays For Star Fleet”, a work I have yet to pen a single line of, let alone publish.  (Although I did make a doc file for it a couple of months ago).

The problem is that economic theory and political theory are so loosely inter-related.  Where does the theory of Participatory Economics stop and the political ideology of Anarcho-Syndicalism begin?  What is Communism an economic system or a political one?  The research into something that does not exist (the socio-economic system of the 24th century as envisioned by Roddenberry) leads to a sifting through clues and subtleties for a kernel of truth.  I have seen a shimmering reflection of things that I know blending with things that I hope.  My journey over the past couple of months (cluttered by holidays and work work work) has taken me through an introduction to several new ideas and old concepts. (more…)