Project Earth: A Resource Based Economy Explained

Excerpt from Zeitgeist: Moving Forward.

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[fstratzero]

I love the idea, however, there is nothing stopping people from...

Hacking the computers, or re-interpreting the data to profit one group over the other.

[19EHF]

A world with no Republicans XD (0:26) you have a better chance at finding the land of Oz. But if you find a world with no GOP and a resource based economy let me know, ill be the first one to buy a ticket on that ship.

[dietsnapple89]

I don't think a Resource based economy and a communist economy are mutually exclusive.

[MARSBELLA1]

i knew it couldn't be that simple! - i wonder though, if the competition is taken out of economics, if greed will exist? sorry to sound like yoda- , but doesn't greed and lust for power come from fear? perhaps on the way as a species we can figure out to control some of the basic destructive elements in our thinking and relations to each other...i dont know - perhaps this can only happen over time.

[bgoodman88]

How does one profit without money?

In constructing an RBE, you're basically talking about incorporating sustainability into every element of our societies. To be able to fulfill recurring needs with as few external inputs as possible, optimally 0.

If you have a garden, you can grow much of the food you would otherwise buy at the store. You also have the added benefit of being connected to your food, knowing where it actually comes from. This is security. This is what all people need.

[Mark Mclean]

sooooooooo true

[benlren]

Science has no ego? are you kidding me? 2 minutes in and you say that... I am struggling to listen on. Science is grossly egotistical causing narrow-mindedness and hindering us from growth. Let's not forget that MOST Science is unfortunately financed by big industries that are either wanting a specific outcome, and anything outside these desired incomes are hidden and not fully shared with the global community. not always but MUCH MORE than most think.

[dinurazvan86]

I am amazed only 37 idiots dislike this! It means there are less and less idiots and more intelligent people :) Too bad not all people can see the beauty and natural logic in this idea. The elite group of people who control the money and resources are not going to change, that's for sure. From my point of view our only escape is divine or alien intervention. If that doesn't happen we are doomed cause people are not going to change their stupid habits.

[Jogeta5]

We don't use the values we have from our current society and apply that in to an RBE, that wouldn't work. During the transition period, our values would change through the root cause, critical thinking education promoted by each other, the open access to the things we need, decreasing most crime and aberrant behaviour associated with that.

Have you seen Paradise or Oblivion by The Venus Project?

/watch?v=KphWsnhZ4Ag

[Dmitry Pavlov]

Humanity is stupid, but we can explore brain and create more powerful computers. In addition, there is transhumanism - we can change nature of the human brain. Maybe unite brains in hive-mind, like a borg)

so that this problem is solved...

[We NeedChangeNOW TVP-TZM]

the culture has to change also.