Post-scarcity/More post-scarcity thinking

• 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 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