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:<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>
 
:<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>
  
*{{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>(v2.0 update: [http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=503] - currently US only)</small> and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes {{wp|Molecular_assembler|molecular assemblers}} as "engines of abundance". (However the advanced nanotechnology he describes is not actually a requirement in the development of a post-scarcity society).
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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] but currently US only)</small> and prophet of 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 necessarily required in the development of a post-scarcity society).
  
 
*{{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].
 
*{{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].
  
 
*{{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'']
 
*{{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'']

Revision as of 21:37, 6 March 2008

"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 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg - Author of Engines of Creation (2007 update here but currently US only) and prophet of molecular nanotechnology. He describes molecular assemblers 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg as "engines of abundance". (However as interesting and capable as advanced nanotechnology is likely to be, it is necessarily required in the development of a post-scarcity society).