I thought I might read one of Jacque Fresco's book but they all seem to be out of print and super expensive on Amazon which means all the library copies will already be stolen.
On the subject of getting past money: I really believe that this is something mankind has to do. I know it seems to people that it's the only way the world could exist probably, because it's all we've ever known, but I hope more people start thinking about how society could be structured so that people don't need or use money any more. Y'all know the comic sci-fi writer Terry Pratchett? I think this was in one of his books called The Hogfather. He describes all these crazy systems that evolved on various planets. All kinds of outrageous scenerios, right? Then the narrator says something like 'I've only heard about this, I'm not sure if it really exists, but I heard there's one planet where the top species prints paper with numbers on it and almost every member of the species spends his entire life trying to collect as much of this paper as possible.' Another book excerpt that pops in my mind is from Michio Kaku's The Physics of the Impossible. But he talks about the implications if mankind develops the ability to get really effective with manipulating atoms. Our basic understanding is that all that matter that we deal with in a tactile way, at least, is made up of atoms so if we get really good at rearranging them we're going to be able to use that technology to make a lot of things obsolete. I don't know much about Fresco but I hope we can get to the point where technological developments start to make a real difference in a positive way. Right now I think we're at a really dark backward stage in our evolution and time and again it's one step forward but two steps back with technology. While reading the Unabomber's Manifesto I had a hard time disagreeing with his premise that technology isn't liberating but rather enslaving. But it's on us how we use it and how we allow it to be used. And just to be clear, I don't idolize the Unabomber and I think his actions were deplorable. I still think his manifesto is worth reading, however.
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