Utopia

We should colonize the Moon and Mars, and we need to to build several giant space stations - these efforts should protect our genome from a catastrophe here on Earth, allowing our unique central nervous system to expand outward toward the stars. A plague, famine, or war could end our hegemony here any day now, and it is critically important that we survive- a destiny beyond our solar system awaits us, if we are wise and bold enough to grasp it.

Ideally, only a few cities would exist on each continent, each with a population under one million. These city-states would be autonomous yet affiliated with all the others. Citizen assemblies would vote on most issues, and have the power to recall all officials.The prevailing ethic would be self-development with free inquiry and respect for everyone and nature as the guiding mores,...logic inculated early on in all. The pursuit of wealth, most private property would be viewed as a form of infantilism. Accumulating social merit to be the motive for advancement...the direction that science and technology will take will be routed through the seive of certain principles, according to several factors 1. enhancement of community 2. respect for life 3.

We will first learn how to live to be 150 years old, then we will work on physical immortality.


Alas, it seems we will end up with a seriously degraded planet, the select few managers hiding in comfort in enclosed communities in the hills, while the poisoned peasants scratch for crumbs outside. It's up to you.