/sci/ - Science & Math

Before I ever knew of the venus project I had thought about why communism had failed and concluded that it had failed because the technology necessary to achieve it didn't exist yet.

Technology is the great socioeconomic facilitator.

Just as industrialism in the 1800s enabled the western economies and social structures of today, future technologies will open doors to economies and social structures not yet possible. Although the economies and governments of today that were enabled by industrialization aren't perfect, they were a great leap from the dictatorships and monarchy's of the past. There is no reason that technology cannot enable such a paradigm shift again. As an avid peruser of technological advancements, I find it very difficult to not see the writing on the wall: the degree to which technology shapes our lives is immense and only grows in power with time.

I don't pretend to know what the perfect system is but I do know that what we have today is not the best we can do for ourselves and that the aforementioned technological effect will persist. We're set in our ways now, but the progress of technology and social enlightenment are inevitable; ergo change is inevitable.