Tl;dr: the hopeful move from winner take all capitalism to collaborative capitalism in a world of abundance. Nature as a guide.

In the movie Capital on Netflix, which features the work of French economist, Thomas Piketty (blogged about previously here), the overarching message is simple:

When a society gets to a point where 1% of the population controls 70% of the wealth, the very foundation of social stability becomes fragile.

We’re at that point in the US now, which is a discouraging thought to say the least.

The question, of course, is: what happens next?

Your guess is as good as mine, but my hope is that, with as little disruption as possible, migrate to a cryptoeconomic model of stakeholder capitalism that creates abundance through shared economic incentives.

Sounds utopic, I realize, and while I realize it’s not perfect, I think it will be far better for far more people than the place we have found ourselves in currently.

The good news is that there is a model for this.

In  “The Social Life of Forests”, we get a detailed look at how trees, subterranean fungi, and other “inanimate” parts of the forest actually work together to help each other survive, ward off predators, and stay safe.

It reminded me a lot of the movie, Avatar, and provides a heartwarming analogy for how humans may learn to peacefully coexist with each other by sharing more than hoarding.