Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e...
by jachee on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:32AM
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The in-universe answer from Star Trek is that there's no more capitalism in their post-scarcity society.
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Re:Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests e...
by Santosh83 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:06AM
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While the tech seems to be catching up in certain areas (if not the FTL drive), socially we're nowhere near what was depicted in Star Trek. It wasn't just post-capitalism but post-money. People no longer had to work for basic necessities. That is almost an unimaginably different setup to what humanity has always been used to. There's also a noticeable lack of crime and corruption, again something humans will have to extensively transform themselves in order to reach the goal...