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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco '''Jacque Fresco'''] - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. Visionary designer and engineer. See also [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque.
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque_Fresco '''Jacque Fresco'''] - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. Visionary designer and engineer. See also [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design''] which is a documentary film about Jacque.
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] Visionary designer and engineer. <small>''"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."''</small>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller '''Buckminster Fuller'''] - [http://www.bfi.org ''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."''
  
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Eric_Drexler '''Eric Drexler'''] - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler molecular assemblers] as "engines of abundance". However the advanced nanotechnology he describes is not even required to create a post-scarcity society.
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Eric_Drexler '''Eric Drexler'''] - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_assembler molecular assemblers] as "engines of abundance". However the advanced nanotechnology he describes is not even required to create a post-scarcity society.

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  • 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."