"You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th Century"

What role will money play in the world of the future? Here's an often-cited scene from the film "Star Trek - First Contact" that suggests what might be possible once we transcend our preoccupations with money.

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• money
• future of money
• money in the future
• Star Trek
• First Contact
• future economics
• economics of the future

[merekbow]

I truly do hope that one day mankind will rise above the continual striving for wealth and power and focus on the betterment of all over just themselves or their country, but we still have a way's to go before we reach that time. However I've been wrong before.

[bmillerbiop]

@merekbow Sometimes big, complex changes can happen more quickly than you expect. Two examples I think of are, how after decades of "cold war", how quickly the Soviet Union came apart. Also, how smoking went from being "cool" to smokers being treated like social pariahs. So we might reach the "promised land" yet in our lifetimes!

[ISMOPANAMA]

IN MY OPINION THERE ARE 3 BIG SCIENCE BREAKTHROUGHS THAT WILL LEAD TO HUMANITIES FREEDOM AND A MONEY FREE WORLD, THEY ARE:

1- "ZERO POINT ENERGY"

2- "REPLICATOR"

3- "FULL AUTOMATION"

[bmillerbiop]

@ISMOPANAMA I'd add a psychological breakthrough too - a shift from the basic attitude of consumption and competition to an attitude of contribution and compassion.

[RevanorSzeged]

The woman should've said: "What, you're communists?"

[bmillerbiop]

@RevanorSzeged Hah! Calif gov. Jerry Brown used to have a radio show and once observed that most people only have two brain cells when it comes to the economy: If it's not "capitalism", then it has to be "communism".

Let's ditch all the "-isms" and just create a system that enables people to reach their full potential to be happy, healthy, contributing citizens. (We might call it "people-ism" but that doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.)

[TheGreenVoter]

NO, WRONG. Social progress is AT LEAST 75% of the equation. Star Trek clearly shows the Ferengi, the Cardassians and other hostiles with the same level of technology as the Federation but the Ferengi are GREEDY scumbags and the Cardassians are worse than the CIA (if that's even possible), so it's NOT what you got (technology), its HOW YOU USE IT AND WHY (sociology).

[bmillerbiop]

@ddd82451 "Unlimited wants" is a myth sold by Madison Avenue. One can only eat so much food; one's garage or closet only holds so much stuff; there are only 24 hours in a day.

I think greed & unlimited want only happens when people don't really *know* what they want. Then it's never enough because people don't know what need they are trying to satisfy.

[tobiasaberg]

@bmillerbiop That's not so much a requirement as a result of humanity entering a state of post-scarcity. What use is wealth and great possessions when none of that is necessary to satisfy your personal needs? Instead it becomes a limiter, because while you own property, property also owns you. It's not a coincidence that federation starships aren't the cramped and tight quarters like those of our current military or those of the federations klingon adversaries.

[pixusbubblejet]

@merekbow Bodhisattva

[TheGreenVoter]

@bmillerbiop

"Let's ditch all the -isms"

NO, let's NOT - there's enough IGNORANCE in America as it is (watch Mike Judge's Idiocracy to see what I mean). White folks need to STOP using Patrick Swayze's movie, Red Dawn, as a barometer.

A fascist has an evil SOCIAL & an evil FISCAL policy

A Stalinist has an evil SOCIAL policy & a good FISCAL policy

A libertarian has a good SOCIAL policy & a TOTALLY EVIL FISCAL policy

An actual communist has a good SOCIAL policy AND a good FISCAL policy

GOT IT?

[TheGreenVoter]

"[The Human Nature MYTH is] certainly wrong. Furthermore, it's dangerous. Wrong, because there is no real evidence for it. Not in genetics, not in zoology, not in psychology, not in anthropology, not in history, not even in the ordinary experience of soldiers in war. Dangerous because it deflects attention from the non-biological causes of violence."

--Prof. Howard Zinn (1922 - 2010)

"Non-biological causes," as in CULTURE ...

[TheDarkFenix]

Resource Based Economy 2012!!