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Jacque Fresco - The Venus Project. See also 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

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−	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco '''Jacque Fresco'''] - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project''] ~~(and~~ [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque)	+	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco '''Jacque Fresco'''] - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. See also [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque.

	*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] <small>''"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."''</small>		*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] <small>''"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."''</small>