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*{{wp|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.
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''These links point to more post-scarcity thinking that may be interesting or useful, however please note this does not mean that AdCiv advocates <u>all</u> things said by these individuals!''
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*{{wp|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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* {{wp|Buckminster_Fuller|'''Buckminster Fuller'''}} - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute''] (BFI.org). Visionary designer and engineer. The Buckminster Fuller Institute runs the Buckminster Fuller challenge, an annual contest to find a practical idea to change the world for the better using good design. A $100,000 grant is given to the winner. The [http://challenge.bfi.org/ideaindex Index of entries] is a fascinating testament to human ingenuity and altruism.  
  
*{{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here])</small> and prophet of {{wp|Molecular_nanotechnology|molecular nanotechnology}}. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|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).
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{{quote|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.}}
  
*{{wp|John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29|'''John McCarthy'''}} - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress].
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{{quote|Wealth is [[Fundamental_resources#Energy|energy]] times [[Fundamental_resources#Human_intelligence|intelligence]], or the manipulation of energy  by intelligence.}}
  
*{{wp|Marshall_Brain|'''Marshall Brain'''}} - the 'Australia project' in the story of ''[http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Manna]''. Marshall is the founder of [http://www.howstuffworks.com ''HowStuffWorks.com'']
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* {{wp|Jacque_Fresco|'''Jacque Fresco'''}} - [http://www.thevenusproject.com ''The Venus Project'']. Visionary designer and futurist. See also his book [http://www.amazon.com/Best-That-Money-Cant-Buy/dp/0964880679/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270857719&sr=8-1 ''The Best That Money Can't Buy''] and the documentary film about Jacque, [http://www.futurebydesignthemovie.com ''Future by Design'']. He advocates a '[http://www.thevenusproject.com/a-new-social-design/resource-based-economy Resource-based economy]'.
  
*{{wp|Rob_Levin|'''Robert Levin'''}} - ''[http://www.openverse.com/~dtinker/agalmics.html Agalmics]'', an essay on the marginalization of scarcity
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{{quote|At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by turning out more than 90,000 planes a year. The question at the start of World War II was: Do we have enough funds to produce the required implements of war? The answer was No, we did not have enough money, nor did we have enough gold; but we did have more than enough resources. It was the available resources that enabled the US to achieve the high production and efficiency required to win the war. Unfortunately this is only considered in times of war.}}
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* {{wp|K._Eric_Drexler|'''Eric Drexler'''}} - Author of ''[http://www.e-drexler.com/d/06/00/EOC/EOC_Table_of_Contents.html Engines of Creation]'' <small>(2007 update [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503 here])</small> and prophet of [[Advanced automation/Nanotechnology|molecular nanotechnology]]. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance".<br>(Interestingly advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required for an advanced post-scarcity society {{em}} which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already. However it would likely provide unprecedented control over matter and currently unobtainable abilities in the fields of engineering, agriculture and medicine to name just three)
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* {{wp|John_McCarthy_%28computer_scientist%29|'''John McCarthy'''}} - Prominent computer scientist. He has some interesting information on his website about the [http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress sustainability of human progress].
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* {{wp|Robert_Anton_Wilson|'''Robert Anton Wilson'''}} - Eminent futurist, comedian, novelist and Discordian Pope. He covers the topic of post-scarcity in his essays [http://www.rawilson.com/sitnow.html ''Right Where You Are Sitting Now''] and [http://www.deepleafproductions.com/wilsonlibrary/texts/raw-RICH.html ''The RICH Economy''].
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* {{wp|Julian_Simon|'''Julian L. Simon'''}} - A {{wp|Cornucopian|cornucopian}} economist who wrote ''The Ultimate Resource'', a book arguing that the power of [[Fundamental resources/Human intelligence|human intelligence]] to overcome scarcity far outweighs any seeming scarcity of resources. {{quote|"We now have in our hands — really, in our libraries — the technology to [[Food|feed]], clothe, and [[Energy|supply energy]] to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years."}}
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* {{wp|Marshall_Brain|'''Marshall Brain'''}} - the 'Australia project' in the story of ''[http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm Manna]''. Marshall is the founder of [http://www.howstuffworks.com ''HowStuffWorks.com'']
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* '''Marshall T. Savage''' - Author of ''[http://www.amazon.com/Millennial-Project-Colonizing-Galaxy-Eight/dp/0316771635/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251836768&sr=8-1 The Millenial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in eight easy steps]''. Many abundance concepts are covered using known technology in this interesting take on the steps required to feasibly colonise space
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* {{wp|Rob_Levin|'''Robert Levin'''}} - ''[http://www.openverse.com/~dtinker/agalmics.html Agalmics]'', an essay on the marginalization of scarcity
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* [http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/contents/ Homebrew Industrial Revolution] {{em}} a savage critique of monetary economics and a roadmap to [[post-scarcity]] through distributed [[Virtual designs into physical objects|manufacturing]].
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* [http://www.pdfernhout.net/post-scarcity-princeton.html Post-scarcity Princeton] a general essay on post-scarcity by Paul D. Fernhout
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* {{wp|Peter_Diamandis|'''Peter Diamandis'''}} - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltRufe5kkI TED talk on abundance] - he's obviously been reading AdCiv :)
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Latest revision as of 04:34, 8 April 2013

These links point to more post-scarcity thinking that may be interesting or useful, however please note this does not mean that AdCiv advocates all things said by these individuals!



  • Buckminster Fuller 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg - Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org). Visionary designer and engineer. The Buckminster Fuller Institute runs the Buckminster Fuller challenge, an annual contest to find a practical idea to change the world for the better using good design. A $100,000 grant is given to the winner. The Index of entries is a fascinating testament to human ingenuity and altruism.
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.
Wealth is energy times intelligence, or the manipulation of energy by intelligence.
At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by turning out more than 90,000 planes a year. The question at the start of World War II was: Do we have enough funds to produce the required implements of war? The answer was No, we did not have enough money, nor did we have enough gold; but we did have more than enough resources. It was the available resources that enabled the US to achieve the high production and efficiency required to win the war. Unfortunately this is only considered in times of war.
  • Eric Drexler 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg - Author of Engines of Creation (2007 update here) and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes molecular assemblers 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg as "engines of abundance".
    (Interestingly advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required for an advanced post-scarcity society — which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already. However it would likely provide unprecedented control over matter and currently unobtainable abilities in the fields of engineering, agriculture and medicine to name just three)
  • Julian L. Simon 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg - A cornucopian 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg economist who wrote The Ultimate Resource, a book arguing that the power of human intelligence to overcome scarcity far outweighs any seeming scarcity of resources.
    "We now have in our hands — really, in our libraries — the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years."

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