Difference between revisions of "Fundamental resources/Intro"
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'''Mankind's four fundamental resources''' are material, energy, intelligence and information. They are actually all ''so'' abundant it is incredible to think that people in this world are still going without basic human necessities. | '''Mankind's four fundamental resources''' are material, energy, intelligence and information. They are actually all ''so'' abundant it is incredible to think that people in this world are still going without basic human necessities. | ||
| − | In the past a lack of technology was a significant cause of scarcity but that is not a reason in the 21st century. It is the way we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful, there is no scarcity to speak of. Financial mechanisms also massively restrict how resources are allocated, creating an unecessary artificial scarcity. | + | In the past a lack of technology was a significant cause of scarcity but that is not a reason today in the 21st century. It is the way we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful, there is no scarcity to speak of. Financial mechanisms also massively restrict how resources are allocated, creating an unecessary artificial scarcity. |
Revision as of 18:55, 3 September 2006
Mankind's four fundamental resources are material, energy, intelligence and information. They are actually all so abundant it is incredible to think that people in this world are still going without basic human necessities.
In the past a lack of technology was a significant cause of scarcity but that is not a reason today in the 21st century. It is the way we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful, there is no scarcity to speak of. Financial mechanisms also massively restrict how resources are allocated, creating an unecessary artificial scarcity.
