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wanted to be, a musician. You would get
yourself the instruments and equipment you need to make music. It's
all available - just ask the robots and it is delivered to your door.
There are thousands of options in the catalog. You would have the
time and freedom to expand your talent. You could take classes,
practice, hook up with other musicians, form a band and start
performing.
In
the same way, writers would start writing the books that they have
always dreamed of writing. Inventors would work on their inventions,
using materials and equipment provided by the robots. Scholars would
do their scholarly research, finally free to study whatever they
like, using the infinite intellectual resources available on the
network. Scientists would start pursuing their scientific goals using
research facilities provided by the robots. Dancers would get
together and dance, and then perform. People who want to create films
would pool their talents together and create them, or do them solo.
The robots would provide equipment and studio space and let them have
at it. Athletes would train and compete. Programmers would write the
programs they have always dreamed about. Designers would design
whatever they felt like, and then the robots would build it. There
are people who are experts in their various fields -- engine design,
scrap booking, fusion reactors, needlepoint -- and they would love to
pass their knowledge on to other people. They would write books, make
videos or have live lectures and workshops for people to attend.
People interested in the martial arts would practice them every day.
People interested in video games would play them every day. People
interested in gardening would garden every day. The majority of
people have a talent and, if they had the time, they would cultivate
that talent and use it. The huge cruise ship known as Australia is
the perfect place for every human being to reach his or her full
potential.
It
was fascinating to think about this and contrast it with the life I
had known. In the U.S., everyone had to work, and in most cases
"work" meant doing something that a rich person wanted so
that the rich person could get richer. Thinking back to the jobs
available at the turn of the century -- you could work scrubbing
toilets in a hotel, or you could flip burgers in a fast food
restaurant, or you could restock shelves and check people out at a
retail store, etc. -- No one wanted to do any of these jobs. No one,
as a child, ever aspired to scrub toilets or flip burgers or restock
merchandise. But you had to earn money to live your life, and these
were the jobs being offered to tens of millions of people. People had
no choice but to take them, and in the process a rich person became
richer. Then robots replaced those workers, and they ended up in
Terrafoam.
In
an economy like that, there were all sorts of musicians who wanted to
do nothing but practice, write music and perform. There were
programmers who wanted to do nothing but program their own creations.
There were scientists who wanted to do cutting-edge research. These
people did not care about money. They simply wanted to do what they
do best. Getting paid for it was a necessary evil for these folks --
they had to have a day job to pay the bills, and then when they got
home from work at night they would indulge their real talents and
their passions.
In
Australia, these people could completely fulfill themselves, and
humanity would be much better off because of their contributions.
Creative people want to -- need to -- create. That is their passion.
Instead of millions of talented people working in jobs that had
nothing to do with their dreams, simply to make ends meet, in
Australia they could follow their dreams.
The
goal in Australia is to encourage and nurture creativity and
innovation. This allowed, for example, there to be a nearly infinite
array of clothing designs to choose from. A fashion designer -- any
person whose passion or lifelong dream
yourself the instruments and equipment you need to make music. It's
all available - just ask the robots and it is delivered to your door.
There are thousands of options in the catalog. You would have the
time and freedom to expand your talent. You could take classes,
practice, hook up with other musicians, form a band and start
performing.
In
the same way, writers would start writing the books that they have
always dreamed of writing. Inventors would work on their inventions,
using materials and equipment provided by the robots. Scholars would
do their scholarly research, finally free to study whatever they
like, using the infinite intellectual resources available on the
network. Scientists would start pursuing their scientific goals using
research facilities provided by the robots. Dancers would get
together and dance, and then perform. People who want to create films
would pool their talents together and create them, or do them solo.
The robots would provide equipment and studio space and let them have
at it. Athletes would train and compete. Programmers would write the
programs they have always dreamed about. Designers would design
whatever they felt like, and then the robots would build it. There
are people who are experts in their various fields -- engine design,
scrap booking, fusion reactors, needlepoint -- and they would love to
pass their knowledge on to other people. They would write books, make
videos or have live lectures and workshops for people to attend.
People interested in the martial arts would practice them every day.
People interested in video games would play them every day. People
interested in gardening would garden every day. The majority of
people have a talent and, if they had the time, they would cultivate
that talent and use it. The huge cruise ship known as Australia is
the perfect place for every human being to reach his or her full
potential.
It
was fascinating to think about this and contrast it with the life I
had known. In the U.S., everyone had to work, and in most cases
"work" meant doing something that a rich person wanted so
that the rich person could get richer. Thinking back to the jobs
available at the turn of the century -- you could work scrubbing
toilets in a hotel, or you could flip burgers in a fast food
restaurant, or you could restock shelves and check people out at a
retail store, etc. -- No one wanted to do any of these jobs. No one,
as a child, ever aspired to scrub toilets or flip burgers or restock
merchandise. But you had to earn money to live your life, and these
were the jobs being offered to tens of millions of people. People had
no choice but to take them, and in the process a rich person became
richer. Then robots replaced those workers, and they ended up in
Terrafoam.
In
an economy like that, there were all sorts of musicians who wanted to
do nothing but practice, write music and perform. There were
programmers who wanted to do nothing but program their own creations.
There were scientists who wanted to do cutting-edge research. These
people did not care about money. They simply wanted to do what they
do best. Getting paid for it was a necessary evil for these folks --
they had to have a day job to pay the bills, and then when they got
home from work at night they would indulge their real talents and
their passions.
In
Australia, these people could completely fulfill themselves, and
humanity would be much better off because of their contributions.
Creative people want to -- need to -- create. That is their passion.
Instead of millions of talented people working in jobs that had
nothing to do with their dreams, simply to make ends meet, in
Australia they could follow their dreams.
The
goal in Australia is to encourage and nurture creativity and
innovation. This allowed, for example, there to be a nearly infinite
array of clothing designs to choose from. A fashion designer -- any
person whose passion or lifelong dream
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