Compute and Poverty

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Compute is the new land.

When the machines get smarter, who gets richer: the people who build on the soil, or the people who own it?

In 1879 Henry George asked why poverty advances alongside progress. His answer was land: everything nobody made. This site asks his question again, of compute.

Read “Compute Is the Soil” New here? Start here George’s argument in ten steps

The book behind it

Henry George at his desk in San Francisco, 1879 Progress and Poverty Henry George, 1879. The full text in 43 chapters, side by side with a contemporary English version, with George’s own index linked to every page.

Start reading The short path Memorable lines The land value tax, explained Objections, answered The corruption of economics Monopoly and The Landlord’s Game Meet the compute barons How famous Henry George was Capitalist or socialist? Look up a topic Who made this and why