A companion to From Tokens to Atoms
Can abundant intelligence
create an abundant life?
AI can make cognition astonishingly cheap. The book asks what must happen next—for intelligence to cross into the physical world, change the economy, and expand the choices people can actually make.
18chapters,
one journey
one journey
Chapters 1–4
Define the claim
What would abundance actually mean, and where is cheap cognition already real?
Chapters 5–10
Make it physical
Can intelligence cross compute, energy, robots, factories, and sector constraints?
Chapters 11–12
Trace the gain
Where does scarcity move, and who receives the saving?
Chapters 13–17
Decide who benefits
How do work, ownership, measurement, institutions, and finance shape the result?
Chapter 18
Return to freedom
Which futures pass all five tests, and what kind of abundance is worth wanting?