I think the technologies we need in order to change culture are in the realm of creative destruction, as in creatively destroying certain structures that keep t

I think the technologies we need in order to change culture are in the realm of creative destruction, as in creatively destroying certain structures that keep the economy from working in a coherent way. Three things that come to mind are: 1. Knowledge. Making sure the intellectual richness of humanity is accessible to everyone. The technology is already there but the rent-seekers keep subverting progress through technology, law, and (pseudo-)morality. To address the issue of morality, we should promote the distinction between property and possession, and make sure property is seen as something that is subjected to the interest of society. Hence, why we need limits on intellectual property and other forms of property. 2. Commoditization. This goes back to knowledge from the previous point, but also to complexity in general. The idea is that certain products get turned into commodities (products with uniform standard characteristics that don't require much consumer choice) while others get turned away from being commodities. The process is currently too driven by ignorance/incompetence and greed, and I don't think it is easy to say where one ends and the other starts. So people end up needing three different computers (laptop, TV, cellphone) instead of one that can be adapted to different situations. Or they end up having to buy the entire computer instead of fixing one replacing one part of it. Technology sometimes does not integrate well. The need for choice ends up being created where it should not be. Capital ends up rewarding the unproductive, and the producers find ways to escape the effects of competition. Advertisement very much cultivates the element of ignorance that is behind this process. All the fake choices of food in the supermarket made out of different combinations of the same low quality commoditized ingredients. Meanwhile crops are becoming all the same (3/4 loss of diversity according to the FAO), at the expense of nutrition and adaptability. Life is becoming uniform in order to adapt to the machine. It's a long subject, if anyone knows of a good author that treats it I'd be interested in reading her. 3. Debt. The debt based economy introduces a paradox, by which too little scarcity is dangerous, because it means that products cannot be converted into enough money to pay the banks. This is clearly a big obstacle to progress. In practice it makes us act as if employment and economic growth are more important that health and soil. We need to come up with ways that allow people exchange the fruits of their work without relying on debt or on so-called liquidity. The availability of goods and service should be enough to allow their exchange not some abstract concept of "health" of the financial system. I think digital currencies can move us in this direction. In summary let us make the economy work by taking into account the ecosystem, rewarding work and creativity above capital ownership. In the last two points, I see a lot of opportunity for promoting closer human and ecologic relations at the local level.