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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 could be considered a significant cause of scarcity but that is certainly not a reason today. It is the way that we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful {{em}} there is no | + | In the past a lack of technology could be considered a significant cause of scarcity but that is certainly not a reason today. It is the way that we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful {{em}} there is no fundamental scarcity to speak of. Current financial mechanisms that create an unnecessary artificial scarcity are one major reason that resources seem restricted, however new emerging ways of co-operating have the potential to fully unlock them. |
Revision as of 21:05, 19 November 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 could be considered a significant cause of scarcity but that is certainly not a reason today. It is the way that we currently employ our resources that is inefficient and wasteful — there is no fundamental scarcity to speak of. Current financial mechanisms that create an unnecessary artificial scarcity are one major reason that resources seem restricted, however new emerging ways of co-operating have the potential to fully unlock them.
