A world where all humans are autistic.
It wouldn't solve everything, but at least there wouldn't be room for chronic reification, useless charismatic narcissists, Cartesian dualism, etc to become big issues like they are in our world.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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Well, we could all move into a matrix-like universe where we're gods, I guess. Then all we'd need for civilisation is server farms and the infrastructure to maintain them.
More near-term, if I was dictator for a day I'd impose a wealth cap between at maybe 10 or 15 million CAD and a guaranteed income you can live a very basic but comfortable life on. I feel like that would solve most problems. This could be applied globally too (with some ramp-up time) if we're assuming world government. Climate change could be addressed with a carbon tax high enough to fund the offsetting of the pollution's social cost.
I'm a wonk and I could go on, but those are the biggest things.
Dictatorship is never a good thing even if the dictator is benevolent because it removes the choice of the people of who they want to be represented by
I needed a magical way to answer the question, though!
I'd actually go further - dictatorships don't really exist, just steeply tapering autocracies. The dictator is at the top, but just like everyone else they spend their days avoiding being knocked down the pyramid, and they can't know and often don't care what people are doing a couple steps down. Meanwhile, the people who aren't right on top get absolutely fucked by whoever is a couple steps up from them, with the step in between acting as intermediaries.
Syd Mead and other sci fi concept artists deserve their own lemmy community.. tons of visuals for this idea out there
Sadly, it's purely a dream. Humanity will reach extinction levels before any type of reorganization and rebuilding may occur. Only then can we hold hope that greater minds recognize that the greater good for all equals a better community and society.
I know you don't want me to look backward....however, IMO: humanity missed the boat at the end of WWII. If humans couldn't work together for a collective betterment for everyone, it'll never happen without a complete reset of the human species.
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Wall-E. I get to be the robot
Totally ideal? Green energy robots automate all the stuff humans need (food, water, shelter, sanitation, etc.) so that no one has to work and people can do whatever they want!
Iain M. Banks' Culture
One where the rich pay more tax then they currently do now. Also slap a carbon tax on these fuckers and use the cash to fund climate mitigation / adaptation.
My ideal world is one where the population of humanity exceeds 10trillion, but the population of earth is <100,000 permanent residents with yearly visitation from tourism etc exceeds 100million thanks to the series of space elevators that have been built. The majority of humanity are living in space at various Lagrange points in O'Neill cylinders and at least a quarter of humanity are in living in generation ships traveling to distant stars many that are >10pc away.
The Asteroid Belt has been mostly mined out though that isn't much of a problem as fission/fusion generation supplementing the solar dyson ring has transformed us firmly into a type 1 civilization.
I like all this and I'll add that for those who choose to participate, there is more than enough. For those who opt out, there is no lack.
But numbing oneself isn't a passtime.
And all are treated with respect and freedom for all is a primary principle.
In essence: this and the other post that includes no scarcity and the end of capitalism.
UBI that is linked to the average income. So the more people work, the more everyone gets every month and vice versa. Make it so jobs are not necessary but available to better help humanity or whatever since machines will be able to provide most if not all the labor.