tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post8980843840626187463..comments2023-10-31T10:28:50.158-04:00Comments on The Zeray Gazette: The Economics of Star TrekJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04854543617806427302noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-84760845642912485592011-06-16T22:38:18.775-04:002011-06-16T22:38:18.775-04:00Wonderful article,thanks for putting this together...Wonderful article,thanks for putting this together! "This is obviously one great post. Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have so provided here. Keep it up!"computer repair sacramentohttp://www.acomputerrepairsacramento.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-88438486009213374512011-05-02T02:07:49.098-04:002011-05-02T02:07:49.098-04:00It is difficult to dispute that, in the real Star ...It is difficult to dispute that, in the real Star Trek future, all thirty-year-old males may well be living in their mothers' basements, enjoying an endless orgy in their holodecks. If you dispute this, consider how many thirty-year-olds are at this moment living in their mothers' basements so they can play MMO’s and watch Star Trek. Now imagine what would happen to those young men if they could bang a virtual Uhura three times a day.<br /><br />I wrote more about this at: http://filmecon.blogspot.com/2011/05/star-trek-money-is-root-of-freedom-and.htmlMr. Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13553466109570555839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-54642318241267613342011-04-27T12:37:08.634-04:002011-04-27T12:37:08.634-04:00It was very well authored and easy to understand. ...It was very well authored and easy to understand. Unlike additional blogs I have read which are really not that good. I also found your posts very interesting.Showbiz newshttp://www.thenewsplanet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-10186985906314101142011-04-15T09:26:21.038-04:002011-04-15T09:26:21.038-04:00Thank you for this
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Why in gods name would you guys work and create articles and comments if you were not paid to do so?<br />Imagine telling a caveman that in the future there will be no "need" to spend a day fishing like he does, but some people will do it anyway not to survive but just for fun.<br />People have volunteered to make amateur movies, free tutorials, Flash games, theres more volunteering that we consider and we should consider that most people do this in spare time! Imagine if no one had to work 40 some hours a week (because you can get most of what you need with a replicator) there would be massive amounts of projects and people working on stuff they like. Also it would be possible for many people to work part time on what used to be a single full time job. Some people might want to tend the bar every now and then to meet people, and if not enough people do you can have a self service(replicator) bar or for an old fashion retro theme an android could tend the bar. And there would be tons of people to redesign processes or create android programs to make most tedious jobs obsolete in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-39006398686766644642011-01-22T05:13:03.831-05:002011-01-22T05:13:03.831-05:00wow nice information. I needed this information . ...wow nice information. I needed this information . At last i got this information in this site. thanks for sharingDissertation Helphttp://www.dissertation-topics.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-73894039426654499732011-01-03T04:25:23.199-05:002011-01-03T04:25:23.199-05:00Your Blog is really helpful.Your Blog is really helpful.Marketing Companieshttp://www.ocularconcepts.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-69724722720729665712010-07-17T01:35:32.638-04:002010-07-17T01:35:32.638-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898847479260791304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-27113547557594170382010-05-24T17:14:09.124-04:002010-05-24T17:14:09.124-04:00I think if you work on the Star Fleet, you can acc...I think if you work on the Star Fleet, you can access the best housing, and get used holodecks. I do not believe that ordinary people can even contact them. But who knows. <a href="http://www.ebusinesssubmit.com/services/logo-design.html" rel="nofollow">Logo Design</a> <a href="http://www.ebusinesssubmit.com/services/web-design.html" rel="nofollow">Web Design</a> <a href="http://www.ebusinesssubmit.com/services/search-engine-optimization.html" rel="nofollow">Search Engine Optimization</a>Jameynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-87213836938366551562009-12-10T13:26:20.587-05:002009-12-10T13:26:20.587-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-69201850896970784442009-12-10T13:25:43.972-05:002009-12-10T13:25:43.972-05:00I wouldn't quit my job, but I'd certainly ...I wouldn't quit my job, but I'd certainly adjust my parameters of acceptable behavior and time invested. Have you ever been out of work -- involuntarily -- for a long period of time? To some of us, it's maddening.<br /><br />"There's no real bottom to human greed for more."<br /><br />Calling that phenomenon human "greed" is a bit too cynical for me. How about human drive? Greed carries with it negative, counter productive connotations that you can't honestly attribute to everyone who continues to strive for new experiences and material property in their lives. The ethical foundation of your means of acquisition separate greed from this other driving force, call it what you will.<br /><br />Just remember: as upsetting as it may be at times, we should really appreciate that not everyone thinks, acts, or does as we do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-72509948661504328262009-12-08T02:09:51.927-05:002009-12-08T02:09:51.927-05:00I'm surprised no one brought up that after few...I'm surprised no one brought up that after few hundred years of parents cherry picking genetic traits, maybe there was only people left that were in their dna motivated to learn and succeed without immediate monetary reward. <br /><br />I have a video on my youtube that shows an implant, existing today, that will activate the pleasure center of the brain of a rat. The video shows the operator first showing a route through a maze and then the operator controlling the real living rat through the pre-defined course.<br /><br />The point is, brain traits could be through long perioid of cherry picking be altered in such way that the human pleasure center could get as strongly activated from say cleaning the toilet as having sex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-43405118206952363282009-11-19T04:46:34.841-05:002009-11-19T04:46:34.841-05:00Star Trek is always going to be a lightweight univ...Star Trek is always going to be a lightweight universe that contradicts itself too much to stand up to any scrutiny of this depth. If you want a proper discource on life in a post-scarcity utopia that deals with absolutely every aspect of every point raised in this blog, read the "Culture" series of novels by Iain M Banks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-62724450728688895412009-10-06T08:16:24.675-04:002009-10-06T08:16:24.675-04:00It is true that dropping the cost of manufacturing...It is true that dropping the cost of manufacturing to zero would do for tinkerers what dropping the cost of distrubution to zero (internet again) has done for writers.<br /><a rel="dofollow" href="http://economicspapers.net" rel="nofollow">Economics essay</a>Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05783665378557912867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-21330715981630882262009-09-26T17:49:21.432-04:002009-09-26T17:49:21.432-04:00I certainly do not have as complex ideas as the pe...I certainly do not have as complex ideas as the people who have previously commented on this post before, but I always saw the holodeck as an extension of video gaming; therefore, there are people who can take and leave video games, and there are those become addictive (like Barclay).<br /><br />I can't say that I've seen that much Trek but holodeck time always seems limited - I imagine there aren't enough holodecks to go round. And in terms of working for money, I can only go on what I've seen on DS9; but there is definitely some idea of profit there, not just for the Ferengi but also for those working for them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653832495605938066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-37374135755251125422009-07-05T18:16:43.796-04:002009-07-05T18:16:43.796-04:00I find it amusing that no one dared utter the word...I find it amusing that no one dared utter the word "communist" but kept going on about how humans can transcend their greed.<br /><br />There would still be an economy after replicators. You need someone to make replicators, you need someone to maintain them and even then, the show ignores such things as "would it cost more energy to replicate a loaf of bread than to make it the old way?". As a proud proponent of ignoring science for the sake of story, Star Trek does not seem to bother with this problem. <br /><br />Guess what people, America's favourate sci-fi vision of the future is written by a communist!<br /><br />Just take a look at the show. There is no money. The Federation's government is strong and effects people's daily lives. You easily got Picard to rant off about the absolution of possessions.<br /><br />Take a look at this article: it examines the show trough the communist manifesto.<br />http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/Essays/Trek-Marxism.html<br /><br />This is from a person that comes from an ex-communist country. I don't hate Star Trek, I have no love lost for communism, but come on people, stop blabbing about transcending greed and selfishness and realize what's really going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-71268986223213644892009-06-04T08:37:12.607-04:002009-06-04T08:37:12.607-04:00Its sad that you can't imagine a world where p...Its sad that you can't imagine a world where people are not motivated by money. Money is the least motivating thing for me. It is however a limiting thing. With no limits imposed by money then I could do so much more, there would be no end of things I'd want to do, and if I could do them I would. Whether its learning or creating, helping others. <br /><br />That said people are different, there may be those who would just decide to be lazy just have sex and relax. And they may well exist in the Star Trek universe just the show doesn't focus on them. Instead it focuses on those who are motivated to do stuff. So in the Star Trek Universe I'd be a captain of a star ship and you'd be a earther living a pointless life of hedonism. Which existance is more valid? Who would make that choice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-56935754395150955602009-04-28T03:25:00.000-04:002009-04-28T03:25:00.000-04:00When I come home from my job of developing softwar...When I come home from my job of developing software, I start developing software. For free, that is. Look at the whole free software movement. Thanks to the internet replication and distribution is essentially free. But that is not enough to get developers to stop working. The status quo is never good enough, and man wants to create. The only difference is, we don't strive for cheaper products anymore, only for better ones.<br /><br />If I won the lottery right now, I'd certainly quit my job. But I wouldn't quit my profession. I'd just work on software that interests me more.<br /><br />Of course, there is a large number of people that would do nothing with their lives. (Guess what, there already are!) But I'd bet there is a large number of people who like (or almost like) their jobs. They would gladly do it even if they're rich, maybe just on their terms, with fewer hours, less labor and a different boss.<br /><br />What motivates already rich CEO workaholics? Wikipedia contributers? Blood donors? Doctors Without Borders?Niknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-72691216760543744532009-03-31T15:44:00.000-04:002009-03-31T15:44:00.000-04:00Truly no healthy human chooses to sit idle for lon...Truly no healthy human chooses to sit idle for long. Pleasures once they become commonplace begin to pale and take their place alongside other activities. Consider the person in an ice cream or candy shop who still enjoys candy but rarely in fact partakes of it. I am certain there will always be persons (I'm one of them) who take pleasure in making things clean and nice again after the rafts of humanity have flooded through and left their mess behind. I had such a job and my compensation was insufficient to impell me to work. Rather it was the pleasure of setting things right coupled with knowing I was needed. When the people after whom I cleaned stopped showing me respect and instead treated me as though I were lower in social status, that is when I quit. Without cleaners people soon discover just how lowly they themselves are, surrounded by their own produced filth. Then someone comes along who's actually willing to take the time and effort to make things nice again, and they appreciate that person, thank them, and smile to see them. After some years pass and the memory of what it was before has faded, they begin instead to see the scut worker as less because of the nature of the work. That is when better pay may be the only way to retain such workers. In the future perhaps we'll have learned to teach people a more egalitarian outlook and to appreciate even the garbage men, grease monkeys and toilet scrubbers as persons of value. They are the wheels upon which civilization glides, after all.Anarkissedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921213170265109521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10760709.post-88100233645835795582009-03-31T10:03:00.000-04:002009-03-31T10:03:00.000-04:00Interesting enough issue, but what has always both...Interesting enough issue, but what has always bothered me the most is the transporter technology. <BR/><BR/>It disassembles down to the atomic level and then reassembles you elsewhere. <BR/><BR/>Surely such technology could be used to eliminate disease and aging? Simply scan a person in, isolate disease changes based on previous healthy patterns, replace, rebuild. Same thing for aging. <BR/><BR/>The only thing that might pose a problem would be dealing with brain issues, wince reverting to previous brain patterns would destroy memories.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com