Damien Broderick wrote:
> The sooner we get the technologies of true abundance,
> the sooner these atrocities will be a thing of the past,
> and the less incentive there'll be for sticking weapons
> into other people's faces. Bring on the Spike!
I was interested to read this paragraph. What is it that you mean with
'technologies of true abundance'?
Personally, I speculated a lot about what would happen if we were to develop
technology that would satisfy, for free, everyone's basic needs. The problem
is that 'basic needs' are difficult to define, and I fear that the range of
'basic' needs would grow once some initial 'basic needs' are satisfied.
Nevertheless, I think technology could at minimum be provided to satisfy,
universally, the need for:
- comfortable shelter
- good, heterogenous food
- freedom of communication
- unrestricted access to information
- if possible, even complete freedom of movement
Maybe there's more, but I think this would do it very well. I would like to
see what happens if everyone, with no work required and no compensation
expected, could be granted all of the above benefits, by means of some
self-maintaining technology. I speculate the world would be a better place.
Is satisfying the above needs in a universal manner what you meant with
'technologies of true abundance'? I have yet to find anyone who would be
willing to invest effort into bringing such technologies to life...
Regards,
denis
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