Motivation and Incentive
I’ve been thinking a lot about motivation lately. Primarily because it is the single most important challenge I see with a utopian society that is prosperous enough to provide for free the basic means of life for every individual in the world. I firmly believe that for our one world dream to occur we need to ensure that everyone everywhere is provided the basic necessities and is free to pursue whatever dreams and endeavours they are most passionate about. The worlds explained in the Venus Project and at paradism.org are some of my favorite portrayals of a utopian world that could work for us. However, they both lack detailed explanations about motivation and incentives for work. Once all our basic needs are completely accounted for by automation and robotics, what will we do with ourselves all day? Some will likely sit around and gorge themselves on all forms of entertainment and gluttony but I would like to believe that many of us will see beyond that to a greater