My Ideal Future

[Cognisant]

Is defined by non-competition.

We're still living in the shadow of evolution, optimization by competition is an outdated mechanism because in many aspects of the modern world it's either simply not applicable, counterproductive, or threatens to destroy more than it creates. Nations no longer openly war on an industrial scale because nobody can justify the expense, the world's largest companies focus more on buying out their competition than battling with them for market share which isn't actually slowing innovation because they're buying out the innovators too!

Consolidated effort appears to be the new paradigm, in a time of increasingly fast progress nobody can keep up with everybody, militaries around the world are now using smartphones/tablets and gaming peripherals because they're simply better than anything that could have possibly been developed in-house.

Eventually I believe the economy of money will cease to be, instead replaced entirely by an economy of credit in which resources are allocated to everyone by everyone for the good of everyone. In other words the greater your value to society the more money society gives you, imagine if world domination by Kickstarter became a kickstarter project, that's pretty much what I'm talking about.

In our increasingly efficient global economy the essentials like food, water and shelter are quickly becoming less valuable than the potential value of any given person, sure 99% of people may be useless but out of a population in the billions that's tens of millions of productive people and with largely automated industry and information technology that productivity becomes substantially greater.

We may all end up living like university students for our entire lives, doing whatever odd jobs are available while constantly learning and working towards our big break, making a contribution to society.

 

[Cognisant]

I guess there's still competition between people looking to contribute to society in the same way, especially if they have very specialized skills.

 

[OrLevitate]

And in sports HAHAHA.

Isn't the capital cost of having everything you need de-centralized going to decrease as technology increases? Thus many would opt out of the credit system and what would the politics look like? I am so young in the ways of the future.

 

[Red myst]

It's all worked out in this book.

 

[Ex-User (9086)]

I agree, in the end cooperation is superior to competition.

There will be however place for quality control and attrition of suboptimal individuals that no longer confer the required amount.

 

[Cognisant]

Isn't the capital cost of having everything you need de-centralized going to decrease as technology increases?

Yes but increase in comparison to the centralized cost, personal computing is currently losing ground to centralized "cloud" services and personal manufacturing equipment, though affordable is still quite expensive and difficult to use, this is changing but it dosen't appear to be changing fast enough to outpace the growing industry of manufacturing services.

Thus many would opt out of the credit system

The earliest form of trade was in fact an informal credit system, people from the same tribe would happily share their resources with no regard for value or exchange because there was an unspoken mutal account, what benefited on tribe member benefited the tribe as a whole.

I believe society is returning to that (sort of) in the new world innovators will be the hunters and service providers the gatherers of our new global tribe.

 

[Analyzer]

Eventually I believe the economy of money will cease to be, instead replaced entirely by an economy of credit in which resources are allocated to everyone by everyone for the good of everyone.

Isn't this the present scenario? Almost if not all countries are credit based economies and economic planning is rampant throughout.

Good ideas though, trends are interesting. I personally hope for a more decentralized world, where power is more localized but I understand mans organizational patterns goes through phases.

 

[Reluctantly]

I like this idea. I think it would be better if everyone had their basic needs met and only had to work towards what they are interested in.

I was surprised though when I told this to someone close to me when they said it would not work because if people don't have to struggle for anything anymore that their lives would hold no meaning and they wouldn't do anything. It kind of reminds me of the movie Wall-E in the sense that everyone ends up being a lazy slob just because they can be. Honestly though, if people need to struggle to find interests worth pursuing or to do anything at all, they have serious philosophical/psychological issues.

 

[OrLevitate]

they said it would not work because if people don't have to struggle for anything anymore that their lives would hold no meaning

HaHaHaHaHa *GENUINE & DERISIVE LaUGHTER*

 

[paradoxparadigm7]

I like this idea. I think it would be better if everyone had their basic needs met and only had to work towards what they are interested in.

I was surprised though when I told this to someone close to me when they said it would not work because if people don't have to struggle for anything anymore that their lives would hold no meaning and they wouldn't do anything. It kind of reminds me of the movie Wall-E in the sense that everyone ends up being a lazy slob just because they can be. Honestly though, if people need to struggle to find interests worth pursuing or to do anything at all, they have serious philosophical/psychological issues.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs says that when your basic needs are met it frees you to go beyond. If you were lucky to be a child in a home where your basic needs were met, you could work toward other goals. If your a successful business person and have enough money to sustain you for the rest of your life, you can place your energies toward building up your personal empire. Of course, there are those who are on some form of assistance and who don't aspire to any more (and some that do). More freedom is the outcome, what you do with it is up to the individual. Struggle will never disappear. Even if it's my own struggle with my lack of goals.