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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>(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". NB: advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required to realise post-scarcity which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already.
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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". (NB: advanced molecular nanotechnology is not actually required to realise post-scarcity which can be based on macro-scale technology that exists already.)
  
 
* {{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].

Revision as of 23:40, 11 January 2010

"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."