An excellent point. Many people in this world have a completely different perspective on life than than average slashdot, internet savy person. Once you can pretty easily aquire all of you basic needs like food, water, and shelter, everything else is just icing on the cake
The really interesting thing to speculate about is this; What advance in technology would be equivalent to the advances that were made in the early part of the 20th century?
IMHO, a few likely candidates for this would be an improved method of travel (instead of a 6 hour flight to europe, a 30 min. trip instead) and advances in genetic medicine (artificially express genes in our bodies to heighten intelligence or protect ourselves from disease).
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An excellent point. Many people in this world have a completely different perspective on life than than average slashdot, internet savy person. Once you can pretty easily aquire all of you basic needs like food, water, and shelter, everything else is just icing on the cake
The really interesting thing to speculate about is this; What advance in technology would be equivalent to the advances that were made in the early part of the 20th century?
IMHO, a few likely candidates for this would be an improved method of travel (instead of a 6 hour flight to europe, a 30 min. trip instead) and advances in genetic medicine (artificially express genes in our bodies to heighten intelligence or protect ourselves from disease).