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'''We are still nowhere near the height of human civilisation.''' Not even close. We are living through a rapidly changing transition period between eras. | '''We are still nowhere near the height of human civilisation.''' Not even close. We are living through a rapidly changing transition period between eras. | ||
| − | Our present thinking is conditioned by centuries of scarcity which for the most part no longer actually exists, automation and AI get ever more sophisticated steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we are still learning about new and ever-more efficient ways of co-operating and openly sharing knowledge with each other. | + | Our present thinking is conditioned by centuries of scarcity which for the most part no longer actually exists, automation and AI get ever more sophisticated, steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we are still learning about new and ever-more efficient ways of co-operating and openly sharing knowledge with each other. |
We are developing a new fluid grouping of minds that are adhoc, distributed, self-organising and yet far more effective than anything we have seen before. These peer-to-peer activities combined with advanced automation have the capability to remove any significant scarcity for mankind. It is the new enlightenment, and in some areas is well under way. | We are developing a new fluid grouping of minds that are adhoc, distributed, self-organising and yet far more effective than anything we have seen before. These peer-to-peer activities combined with advanced automation have the capability to remove any significant scarcity for mankind. It is the new enlightenment, and in some areas is well under way. | ||
Revision as of 02:17, 2 November 2006
We are still nowhere near the height of human civilisation. Not even close. We are living through a rapidly changing transition period between eras.
Our present thinking is conditioned by centuries of scarcity which for the most part no longer actually exists, automation and AI get ever more sophisticated, steadily climbing the human career ladder, and we are still learning about new and ever-more efficient ways of co-operating and openly sharing knowledge with each other.
We are developing a new fluid grouping of minds that are adhoc, distributed, self-organising and yet far more effective than anything we have seen before. These peer-to-peer activities combined with advanced automation have the capability to remove any significant scarcity for mankind. It is the new enlightenment, and in some areas is well under way.
This website explores the emerging technological and social possibilities, focusing on concepts that are taking us to the next phase of civilisation: an environmentally sympathetic post-scarcity age and all that follows.
This new world is coming at an extremely fast pace, so you might want to prepare yourself...
