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Probably not. Energy isn't really what is holding the poor back - a lack of stability and security are. If I had to chose one technological improvement to help
by 3pt14159 11y ago
Probably not. Energy isn't really what is holding the poor back - a lack of stability and security are. If I had to chose one technological improvement to help most people on the planet it would probably be benevolent AI, which could refocus many of our challenges to what is important. Getting people out of poverty and war.
Energy is a tiny component of modern civilization.
- saryant 11y agoEnergy is the sole basis of modern civilization. We are Hydrocarbon Man.
- dredmorbius 11y agoPor que no los dos? Yes, abundant energy is behind virtually all past development. What seems to be holding back the next 5 billion, however, is access to what that energy has made available. Though the question of just how many billions can be provided for ought also be raised.
- 3pt14159 11y agoEnergy isn't why there are poor people though. The poor have plenty of energy in the form of sun and coal and wind. $50 worth of energy can get you from New York to Toronto. Energy isn't the problem. The problem is security and education.