Signal Boost: The Future We Imagine Is the Future We Get

[morgandawn]

reactor_feed posted: The Future We Imagine Is the Future We Get

My future is post-scarcity

We already live in a post-scarcity world. We produce enough food to feed everyone on Earth. We produce enough energy to keep all humans safe and warm, and enough clean water to drink. Extreme poverty exists not because we don’t have enough to go around, but because we can’t distribute it. People die of starvation because of political barriers and supply chain problems, not scarcity.

In my future, these supply chain problems are solved, and the political ecosystem acknowledges and values the economic contributions of every human. That may sound utopian, but it’s not, because…

Comments

[solo]

Wow, that was really interesting! I hope the non-boomers are right.

[tabaqui]

Wow, that sounds really interesting. Thank you for giving me another book to add to my wishlist, and another author to follow!