The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWe'll get there one daystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1887
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minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoI think the whole lack of sustainable fusion thing may be a slightly larger factor than capitalism.
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoI recommend the book Trekonomics if you want to challenge this notion. Basically, technologies like sustainable fusion, replicators, etc, are the result of a post-scarcity leave-no-one-behind philosophy, rather than its prerequisites.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’ll check it out, thanks 🖖
minus-squareSzymon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoSo close it sounds like it’ll be happening in our lifetime.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoI think it’s sounded like that for the past 40 years, but I am hopeful.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSure, like human-level AGI and flying cars.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoman i sure wonder why we don’t have that, huh?
I think the whole lack of sustainable fusion thing may be a slightly larger factor than capitalism.
I recommend the book Trekonomics if you want to challenge this notion. Basically, technologies like sustainable fusion, replicators, etc, are the result of a post-scarcity leave-no-one-behind philosophy, rather than its prerequisites.
I’ll check it out, thanks 🖖
So close it sounds like it’ll be happening in our lifetime.
I think it’s sounded like that for the past 40 years, but I am hopeful.
Sure, like human-level AGI and flying cars.
man i sure wonder why we don’t have that, huh?