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by Michael Gfoeller (Author)
Republic of Abundance is a bold refutation of dystopian predictions that AI and advanced robotics will inevitably lead to humanity's enslavement or extinction. Instead, it argues that these technologies, when deliberately aligned from the outset to serve human flourishing rather than domination, can usher in a new American-led Golden Age of superabundance and exploration. The author envisions sustained 10-12% annual GDP growth as intelligent machines and humanoid robots dissolve traditional constraints of labor, capital, and scarcity. To address job displacement, Ambassador Michael Gfoeller proposes Universal High Income (UHI)--a federally guaranteed, continuously rising stipend funded by taxing AI and robotic production -- as the natural dividend of automated capitalism. The resulting "Republic of Abundance" revives the classical Athenian polis on a grand scale: citizens, liberated from mandatory toil, rediscover meaning through family, civic participation, artistic creation, athletics, and spiritual pursuits. Interstellar expansion powered by the Alcubierre warp drive opens a new frontier of exploration, while abundance fosters vibrant communities, cultural renewal, and human purpose, transforming the United States and the world under its leadership into an interstellar civilization and the best hope of mankind.
Author Biography
Ambassador Michael Gfoeller is a distinguished American diplomat, scholar, and innovative thinker with a 26-year Foreign Service career (1984-2010). Serving in Warsaw during the Cold War's end, as well as in Moscow, Riyadh, Manama, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Saudi Arabia (2004-2008), he navigated complex political dynamics in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. As Senior Political Advisor to General David Petraeus at U.S. Central Command (2008-2010), he shaped Middle East and Central Asia strategies. After his retirement, Gfoeller advised ExxonMobil, consulted for Henry Kissinger, and lectured at Georgetown University. An accomplished scholar, he authored books on the traditional architecture and antiquities of Armenia, where he established an archeological foundation and museum. His recent book Consciousness is Curvature (Academica Press, 2025) models human and artificial intelligence as dynamic geometric curvature in informational spaces, inspired by relativity and quantum theory. In Faster Than Light (Academica Press, 2026), he explores how recent advances in theoretical physics can enable feasible interstellar travel, inaugurating a new Age of Exploration that may never end. In Resonant Memory (Academica Press, 2026), he proposes mathematical laws of history based upon the theory of morphic resonance, the mathematics of Quantum Field Theory, and the concept of three-dimensional time.
