Difference between revisions of "Post-scarcity/More post-scarcity thinking"
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] ''"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."'' | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] ''"It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."'' | ||
| − | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Eric_Drexler '''Eric Drexler'''] - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler molecular assemblers] as "engines of abundance". However the nanotechnology he describes is not even required to create a post-scarcity society. | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Eric_Drexler '''Eric Drexler'''] - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler molecular assemblers] as "engines of abundance". However the advanced nanotechnology he describes is not even required to create a post-scarcity society. |
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29 '''John McCarthy'''] - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress]. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29 '''John McCarthy'''] - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress]. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brain '''Marshall Brain'''] - the 'Australia project' in the story of ''[http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Manna]''. Marshall is the founder of [http://www.howstuffworks.com ''HowStuffWorks.com''] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Brain '''Marshall Brain'''] - the 'Australia project' in the story of ''[http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Manna]''. Marshall is the founder of [http://www.howstuffworks.com ''HowStuffWorks.com''] | ||
Revision as of 01:31, 6 April 2007
- Jacque Fresco - The Venus Project (and Future by Design which is a documentary film about Jacque)
- Buckminster Fuller - Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org) "It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a 'higher standard of living than any have ever known.' It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and henceforth unrationalizable as mandated by survival."
- Eric Drexler - Author of Engines of Creation and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes molecular assemblers as "engines of abundance". However the advanced nanotechnology he describes is not even required to create a post-scarcity society.
- John McCarthy - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the sustainability of human progress.
- Marshall Brain - the 'Australia project' in the story of Manna. Marshall is the founder of HowStuffWorks.com
