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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.
 
*{{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.
  
*{{wp|Buckminster_Fuller|'''Buckminster Fuller'''}} - [http://www.bfi.org ''Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI.org)''] Visionary designer and engineer.
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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>
 
:<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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"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) and prophet of molecular nanotechnology 11px-Wikipedia_logo.jpg. 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 not actually a requirement for the development of a post-scarcity society - something that could be achieved with today's macro-scale technology).