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<div style="font-size:115%;">'''We are nowhere near the height of human civilisation.'''</div> | <div style="font-size:115%;">'''We are nowhere near the height of human civilisation.'''</div> | ||
| − | [[image:Neanderthal.jpg|120px|right|Despite our apparent modernity we are still at a relatively early and unsophisticated stage of our civilisation]] | + | [[image:Neanderthal.jpg|120px|right|Despite our apparent modernity we are still at a relatively early (and unsophisticated) stage of our civilisation]] |
Not even close. Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of [[existing scarcity|scarcity]] that ought to have disappeared by now considering our technical capabilities. | Not even close. Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of [[existing scarcity|scarcity]] that ought to have disappeared by now considering our technical capabilities. | ||
Revision as of 20:43, 18 July 2010
Not even close. Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of scarcity that ought to have disappeared by now considering our technical capabilities.
However automation is advancing rapidly in terms of sophistication, and in parallel we are developing ever more effective ways of collaborating and openly sharing knowledge. This means it will become increasingly unacceptable to let needless scarcity continue in the face of what is possible. New thinking and tools are emerging that could change everything.
Via the internet a new fluid grouping of minds is evolving that is adhoc, distributed and mutually sharing – a system that is potentially far more effective at problem-solving and creative technical development than anything that has come before. It is the new enlightenment. In some areas, notably software development and knowledge gathering, it is well under way – but this is just the beginning. These 'open' peer-to-peer activities are about to burst out into the physical world enabling us to do things both technologically and economically that have not previously been feasible.
AdCiv.org is exploring the emerging possibilities, focusing on concepts that could take us to the next logical phase of civilisation – namely an ecologically sympathetic post-scarcity age where abundant resources, tools and knowledge can be freely shared. It may sound far-fetched to the uninitiated but the technologies to enable this are developing rapidly, so you might want to prepare yourself...
