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What I'd like to see is machines on the street (like drinking fountains) that dispense (at no charge) nutritious meals. I'd like to see a global network of (rob
by jqm 11y ago
What I'd like to see is machines on the street (like drinking fountains) that dispense (at no charge) nutritious meals. I'd like to see a global network of (robot cleaned) rooms anyone can go into at any time, (at no charge), and sleep. I'd like to see free transportation. Free education. Free places you can go work. Free places to go watch a movie. The best medical care at no charge. I'd like for people to completely have to stop worrying about providing for biological needs and have those met with 0 friction.
And... I'm pretty sure all this will happen with time.
The problem now is we have this myopia about money. We think it's something more than just the symbol or variable it actually is. But really it's a fairly new invention. We have done without it for most of our history.
Don't get me wrong... the invention of money as a concept has allowed great leaps forward in technology and progress. But the concept isn't eternal and it has it's downsides. One is that it creates a certain amount of friction. You have people spending too much effort playing with the symbol rather than what it represents.
Ideally, I'd like to own absolutely nothing. Except for a great big sack. When I need something, I'd tell the sack and out comes the thing I need. When I'm done, it goes back and the sack and disappears and no more worrying about it. That's how I think it should be.