Humanity Needs to Innovate, But Capitalism Won’t Let It

Brian M. Williams, JD
ILLUMINATION
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8 min readJan 11, 2022

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‘Coney Island Adventure’ by Banksy. Photo by Jay Fonseca

Capitalism and its free-market did something amazing for humanity: it brought about the industrial revolution that ended the scarcity of necessities. Where our ancestors often went without their basic needs being met, we can get anything we want delivered to our door and will likely complain if it takes more than just a few days to get there. In the face of the existence most human beings were…

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Brian M. Williams, JD
ILLUMINATION

IB Theory of Knowledge Teacher, Writer, Traveler, Mardi Gras DJ with a JD. Author of “Stranger in a Stranger Land: My Six Years in Korea” and “When a