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Stuart Dobson (M)
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We all change. The future is emergent and dynamic, evolving with our minds and our society. Technology plays a fundamental part in this evolution, this evolution of complexity. So I ask, how does technology affect society? How does technology affect our minds and then society in turn? How does our economic and political system affect society and technology? What are the products of this evolution – and what are our goals?
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    3 Solutions for Saving the World
    So what can we do about the environment, the third world, and the economic crisis?

    By incorporating 3 attributes to our solutions, we can create powerful, lasting solutions to many of the world’s problems. These attributes are enemies to the money system and will help bring about its demise.

    Automation
    Efficiency
    Generic production (Simplicity)

    Automation frees us up to live our lives. Machines running on renewable power sources can slowly take over all of our physical responsibilities. This has so far only been allowed to happen when it can save a company money. But its increased usage today can introduce more people to the potential of a life without work.

    Efficiency: Without planned obsolescence driven by greed and corruption, lifespans of products can seem immense to a civilisation used to items breaking down all the time. Without the need to constantly buy things, our need to work will reduce dramatically.

    Generic Production has a similar aim. By simplifying manufacture using generic parts, we take the power away from the big corporations. Components can be mass-produced at a greatly reduced cost. More automation is possible due to the simplification of manufacture. Therefore the result is the same: less work for humans, less power for the corporations, more power for individuals.

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    SAILOR     Sat, Nov 14, 2009  Permanent link
    This sounds like the venus project all the way. good direction
     
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