How Star Trek's Future Works - Money, Work and Property

How does Star Trek’s future society work? A world without money seems alien to the point of impossibility to many people. The difficulty in answering this question has led to numerous fan theories, essays, non-fiction books and even some dismissals. So here is my two cents on the subject. It’s based on what we’ve seen and heard in the Star Trek mythos combined with my extrapolations and ideas to fill in the blanks. A fun thought experiment to try and answer this age-old question: How does Star Trek’s future work?

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00:00 Intro
01:18 Replicators
04:39 Gifts
06:26 Restaurants, Cafes and Bars
07:04 Ownership and Property
09:21 Work
11:51 Conclusion
12:56 Outro

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