Claim. As automation removes ordinary work, the next industrial age is the leisure industry — and SMM reframes it as the “hobby industry / hobby life,” a God-centered cultural form whose global network is the shortest practical path to world peace.
Elaboration. SMM distinguishes leisure from hobby on a moral axis: “The hobby industry is different from the leisure industry. The leisure industry sets profit as its purpose, while the hobby industry puts the hobby itself as its purpose” (2.2. The hobby industry is the shortcut leading to the world of peace, 252-210, 1993.12.30). The peace mechanism is connectivity: “the only industry that can connect people, using both domestic and international activities simultaneously, is the hobby industry” (252-211, 1993.12.30). The theological grounding is in creation itself: “Everyone must enjoy leisurely pursuits. After all, God did not create reluctantly. He made creation so that He could feel its excitement. We, too, must experience God’s situation at the time of creation” (281-263, 1997.3.9). Hobby life imitates providence by enjoying what God enjoys.
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