Building the Future
I am writing this because I feel there is something I must pass on, a terrific contagion that has the potential to change the world. I have experienced something quite beautiful and I want to ensure that others receive that same blessing. I am talking about optimism, not in the sense of believing everything will be fine and we should just sit back, or in the sense of believing everyone will work selflessly toward common goals, I am talking about a profound awe at the possibilities afforded us by the universe, the future. I do not believe one should live for the future, live for today and you live for today and tomorrow, but one of life's greatest pleasures is in overcoming obstacles and solving problems so it follows that in solving the problems of today we create a better future for everyone.I say that problems such as pollution, poverty, world hunger, oppression and anything else you can think of can be solved, perhaps it is youthful idealism but for what purpose do the young become idealistic other than to provide the world with a new outlook and ideas to create their future? If we restrict ourselves by claiming that something is impossible, what do we gain? If it is and we try to find a solution (not e
80% of jobs in human society could be automated, there are various reasons why they're not ranging from expense to unemployment control. Plato said the only way people could abolish slavery is if machines and farms could operate themselves, a fantastical notion in its time but true in our society. We can therefore abolish wage slavery leaving people free to develop freely and better human culture. In such a world money would not be necessary (although if you feel that's going to far I recommend you read The Illuminati Papers by Robert Anton Wilson then you'll see how much of this I nicked), produce could be delivered to those who want it, this does not address the Unlimited wants - Limited resources problem, but some sort of regulatory body could be formed. This could also help curb excess consumerism. The machines doing the work (creating produce) would be doing it for the consumer and not a company profiting from it's distribution. Ideas are free, they cost us nothing and give us so much, they are the first step to creation. Ideas are the first step on the road to solving problems, and all you need to do to get them is to think. For instance, if I wished to end world hunger, a huge task never before successfully tried, so firstly I might think that the past is a bad place to look for a solution, because it is a problem never solved. So where do we look, well although the past won't give us our solution it might give some other ideas that will lead to ours, technology is also an interesting avenue to explore, both existing and non existing (this is how new technology comes into being). Brainstorming is also a good idea, write (or better still save trees and type -did I ever say I wasn't a hypocrite?-) down everything you can think of even the most stupid ideas, you can amaze yourself with your creativity this way, and if you think of nothing practical (and just because it seems silly doesn't mean it is) then at least you can use some of it in fiction. This is just my idea, it shows quite clearly neither communism or capitalism are necessary and that it is quite possible to think of reasonable alternatives, if we
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Approximate Word count = 1437
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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