agalmics

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word agalmics. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word agalmics, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say agalmics in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word agalmics you have here. The definition of the word agalmics will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofagalmics, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἄγαλμα (ágalma, votive offering) +‎ -ics.

Noun

agalmics (uncountable)

  1. The study and practice of the production and allocation of non-scarce goods.
    • 1999 April 4, Robert Levin, “The Marginalization of Scarcity”, in rednsx.org:
      So we can be certain that, over time, more and more basic goods will become less and less scarce. With these changes, it becomes increasingly important to understand how human beings allocate non-scarce goods. Indeed, a sort of "economics" of non-scarcity becomes an important study. But economics is the study of the allocation of scarce goods. We need a new paradigm, and a new field of study. What we need is agalmics.
    • 2004, Timelike Diplomacy: Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise:
      The terminal cleared its throat: “I’m sorry, I was unable to understand that. What economic system would you like to pay in? We accept money, approved modal barter, agalmic kudos metrics, temporal futures, and—”
    • 2005, Charles Stross, Accelerando:
      "I work for the betterment of everybody, not just some narrowly defined national interest, Pam. It's the agalmic future. You're still locked into a pre-singularity economic model that thinks in terms of scarcity. Resource allocation isn't a problem anymore – it's going to be over within a decade{...}