Difference between revisions of "Post-scarcity/More post-scarcity thinking"
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:<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> | :<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> | ||
| − | *{{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here] but currently US only)</small> and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance". (However as interesting and capable as advanced nanotechnology is likely to be, it is necessarily required in the development of a post-scarcity society). | + | *{{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here] but currently US only)</small> and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance". (However as interesting and capable as advanced nanotechnology is likely to be, it is not necessarily required in the development of a post-scarcity society). |
*{{wp|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]. | *{{wp|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]. | ||
*{{wp|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''] | *{{wp|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 21:39, 6 March 2008
- Jacque Fresco
- The Venus Project. Visionary designer and engineer. See also Future by Design which is a documentary film about Jacque.
- Buckminster Fuller - Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org) Visionary designer and engineer.
- "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 (2007 update here but currently US only) and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes molecular assemblers as "engines of abundance". (However as interesting and capable as advanced nanotechnology is likely to be, it is not necessarily required in the development of 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
