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| − | Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of [[scarcity]] which with current levels of technology need no longer exist but does so due to various factors such lack of co-operation, self-interest, bureaucracy, short-term thinking and in no small part, monetary economics. | + | Not even close. Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of [[scarcity]] which with current levels of technology need no longer exist but does so due to various factors such lack of co-operation, self-interest, bureaucracy, short-term thinking and in no small part, monetary economics. |
Automation is becoming ever more sophisticated, steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we continue to develop increasingly efficient ways of co-operating and sharing knowledge openly with each other. So it will become increasingly unacceptable to let needless scarcity continue. | Automation is becoming ever more sophisticated, steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we continue to develop increasingly efficient ways of co-operating and sharing knowledge openly with each other. So it will become increasingly unacceptable to let needless scarcity continue. | ||
Revision as of 01:56, 6 November 2006
We are still nowhere near the height of human civilisation.
Not even close. Our present culture is conditioned by centuries of scarcity which with current levels of technology need no longer exist but does so due to various factors such lack of co-operation, self-interest, bureaucracy, short-term thinking and in no small part, monetary economics.
Automation is becoming ever more sophisticated, steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we continue to develop increasingly efficient ways of co-operating and sharing knowledge openly with each other. So it will become increasingly unacceptable to let needless scarcity continue.
A new fluid grouping of minds is evolving that is adhoc, distributed, self-organising and yet far more effective than anything we have seen before. These peer-to-peer activities combined with advanced automation will give us the capability to do things that were previously impossible, both technologically and socially. It is the new enlightenment. In some areas, notably software development and knowledge gathering it is well under way but so much is yet to come.
This website explores the emerging possibilities, focusing on concepts that are likely to take us to the next phase of civilisation — an environmentally sympathetic post-scarcity age where knowledge is freely shared. It sounds almost too good to be possible but it is absolutely within our reach.
This new world is coming at an extremely fast pace, so you might want to prepare yourself... (or perhaps join in).
