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Are we Nearing "The Age of Plenty?" and Possible Ramifications
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<blockquote data-quote="dgiharris" data-source="post: 73738308" data-attributes="member: 322579"><p>This is the problem... </p><p></p><p>effectively, if the rich have everything they could ever want... then why do they care if other people have everything they could ever want???</p><p></p><p>Our current mindset of "rich and poor" need to be drastically changed to account and adjust for "The Age of Plenty". </p><p></p><p>There are negative ramifications as well. The ability of the few to hurt the many grow exponentially with technology. If we engineer a repressive society in a technological age in which there doesn't have to be any repression, then you dramatically increase the odds of terrorist type activities that could hurt thousands if not millions to include the rich... </p><p></p><p>From a Utilitarian standpoint, it just isn't good.</p><p></p><p>Let me try a different argument. Literacy is something that was previously only available to the rich. Now, over 80% of the world is literate. Wealth as we define it today can be something similar if/when we enter the Age of Plenty. There simply won't be any need for the rich to define their wealth and status by using materials, resources, technology when those things become ubiquitous. </p><p></p><p>Imagine having the resources to just build your own orbiting space station using nanobots and AI and an asteroid (courtesy of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Why would you care if someone else had the ability to do the same when there is essentially infinite resources???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgiharris, post: 73738308, member: 322579"] This is the problem... effectively, if the rich have everything they could ever want... then why do they care if other people have everything they could ever want??? Our current mindset of "rich and poor" need to be drastically changed to account and adjust for "The Age of Plenty". There are negative ramifications as well. The ability of the few to hurt the many grow exponentially with technology. If we engineer a repressive society in a technological age in which there doesn't have to be any repression, then you dramatically increase the odds of terrorist type activities that could hurt thousands if not millions to include the rich... From a Utilitarian standpoint, it just isn't good. Let me try a different argument. Literacy is something that was previously only available to the rich. Now, over 80% of the world is literate. Wealth as we define it today can be something similar if/when we enter the Age of Plenty. There simply won't be any need for the rich to define their wealth and status by using materials, resources, technology when those things become ubiquitous. Imagine having the resources to just build your own orbiting space station using nanobots and AI and an asteroid (courtesy of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Why would you care if someone else had the ability to do the same when there is essentially infinite resources??? [/QUOTE]
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