Difference between revisions of "Post-scarcity/More post-scarcity thinking"
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*{{wp|Jacque_Fresco|'''Jacque Fresco'''}} - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. Visionary designer and engineer. See also [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque. | *{{wp|Jacque_Fresco|'''Jacque Fresco'''}} - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. Visionary designer and engineer. See also [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque. | ||
| − | *{{wp|Buckminster_Fuller|'''Buckminster Fuller'''}} - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org) | + | *{{wp|Buckminster_Fuller|'''Buckminster Fuller'''}} - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute''] (BFI.org). Visionary designer and engineer. |
:<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> | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 8 February 2009
- 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) 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 actually a requirement for the development of a post-scarcity society - something that could be achieved with today's macro-scale technology).
- 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
- Robert Levin - Agalmics, an essay on the marginalization of scarcity
