Three things we know: Capitalism has replaced feudalism; since then, it has gone through cyclical lows, and since 2008, the engine has been sputtering. What we do not know: Are we experiencing one of the usual crises or the dawn of a post-capitalist order? Paul Mason looks at the data, reviews crisis theories – and states: We are at the beginning of something new. He draws on ideas developed over 150 years ago in a London library, which suggest that knowledge and intelligent machines could one day "blow up" capitalism. In the age of steel and screws, hierarchies and scarcity, this vision was so radical that Marx quickly filed it away. In the world of networks, cooperation, and digital abundance, it is more relevant than ever. In his breathtaking book, Paul Mason takes us through writing rooms, prison cells, airplane factories, and the places where resistance is breaking through. Mason connects the abstract with the concrete, consolidates the thoughts of authors like Thomas Piketty, David Graeber, Jeremy Rifkin, and Antonio Negri, and shows how we can build a fairer and more sustainable society from the ruins of neoliberalism.