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It is likely that people who are used to a society of great abundance will not be as obsessed with material possessions as most people in developed nations seem to be today, so it should be a post-materialist era too. It is hard to see that while sitting in the middle of the current consumer culture. This is a debatable point and not everyone might agree, but even if people's taste for goods didn't subside, old goods will easily and efficiently be recycled into new. | It is likely that people who are used to a society of great abundance will not be as obsessed with material possessions as most people in developed nations seem to be today, so it should be a post-materialist era too. It is hard to see that while sitting in the middle of the current consumer culture. This is a debatable point and not everyone might agree, but even if people's taste for goods didn't subside, old goods will easily and efficiently be recycled into new. | ||
| − | It has been promised for decades but the technology and culture to enable a true era of abundance really is emerging that could free people from working in jobs they have no particular interest in doing except for the wage that it gives. People could be free to pursue what interests them and allow more time to be with the people who are important to them. This is vital in restoring genuine communities and all the richness and support that gives to those living within it. Free to learn and free to teach others. {{more|Post-scarcity age}} | + | It has been promised for decades but the technology and culture to enable a true era of abundance really is emerging that could free people from working in jobs they have no particular interest in doing except for the wage that it gives. People could be free to pursue what interests them and allow more time to be with the people who are important to them. This is vital in restoring genuine communities and all the richness and support that gives to those living within it. Free to learn and free to teach others. |
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Revision as of 01:49, 12 February 2007
It is likely that people who are used to a society of great abundance will not be as obsessed with material possessions as most people in developed nations seem to be today, so it should be a post-materialist era too. It is hard to see that while sitting in the middle of the current consumer culture. This is a debatable point and not everyone might agree, but even if people's taste for goods didn't subside, old goods will easily and efficiently be recycled into new.
It has been promised for decades but the technology and culture to enable a true era of abundance really is emerging that could free people from working in jobs they have no particular interest in doing except for the wage that it gives. People could be free to pursue what interests them and allow more time to be with the people who are important to them. This is vital in restoring genuine communities and all the richness and support that gives to those living within it. Free to learn and free to teach others.
