Before & After

Before

The last 50 years has seen exponential growth in technology largely because of the microchip and computing. Computing has touched every area of our lives and has enabled us to solve problems and overcome the limitations of nature and our environment. Technology has dramatically improved our lives and it seems that nothing is beyond our reach that we can design, mass produce, and then consume. Unfortunately our technology represents both our success and our failure because we have failed to use it wisely. Just because we have figured out a way to use technology to accomplish a task, it does not mean we should do it. There have been numerous examples over human history where we have done something to solve a problem in the short term which has dire consequences for the long term. Our innovation with technology has given us the ability to design and mass produce a never ending array of products and services whether there is a real need for them or not which means that we are now on a path to the inevitable exhaustion of resources on our planet which we need for our survival.

After

In Nutopia we wholeheartedly embrace the wonder of human ingenuity so that we can continue with our long history of innovation in science and technology. The labor requirement to keep Nutopia functioning so that all people have a good quality of life is only a small percentage of the labor available so many people contribute to the continual research and development of new technology. All education and research is done to solve real problems, to eliminate human labor, to push the frontiers of exploration, to plan for natural disasters, and most importantly to ensure that the human race lives comfortably within the limits of the Earth's resources for thousands of years to come. No R&D effort is spent on mindless consumer gadgets or the endless array of products which are continually flashed in front of us in an effort to keep the production and consumption cycle going.