It argues that technology can be used to create a post-scarcity economy of widespread prosperity.

[1] The book argues that human history can be divided into three broad periods, each characterized by substantial changes in technology: prehistory to the dawn of agriculture; agriculture to the Industrial Revolution; and the present period, characterised by the explosive spread of information technology.

[2] Bastani suggests that the prosperity ushered in by technology is inconsistent with contemporary models of capitalism.

[3] British journalist Andy Beckett wrote that Bastani "bases his predictions on a broad-brush reading of history", commenting that "[s]ome readers will finish this book exhilarated and energised.

"[1] Ville Kellokumpu argues that the work fails to account sufficiently for the impact of climate change and the dependence of contemporary industry on fossil fuels.