Economics as World Building #SciFiSunday

Who even cares about economics? It’s been called “The dismal science” by Thomas Carlyle and called “Hella boring” by students in Econ 101. But economics doesn’t need to be boring. In fact, the study of economics is at the same time the study of math, psychology, history, business, epistemology, ontology, and critical theory. All of this is to say that when it comes to world building, you can start with language, like J.R.R. Tolkien, or you can start with economics. Here’s more from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association:

The asteroid 16 Psyche holds an estimated USD 100 quintillion in gold. And there are 1.1 to 1.9 millionother large asteroids in just the local asteroid belt. If humanity gained access, how might the ensuing scramble be portrayed?

The California Gold Rush (CGR) springs to mind as a comparable event. The temptation might be to lift a few details from the period and call it a day: poor prospectors, boomtowns, maybe a splash of frontier justice. But let’s see if we can’t “mine” this scenario deeper for worldbuilding purposes.

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