If the world didn't had any currentcy, they would make formed bronze or gold and give them value, just like money.
Actually that's not what it's called at all, please don't just throw words around. It bugs me that people systematically equate this term with whatever's convenient at the time.mercifulwrath said:It's called communism. And I'm sad to say it doesn't work.
The central flaw remains the same as in communism though, and that's what I was pointing out. You suggest an "honor system," which would only work if all parties involved are in mutual agreement to what constitutes as work and services rendered. In an ideal communist society, people would want to think that their work is not more than the work of others, and that they are getting the same as every other person for the simple fact that they are doing the same workload as every other person.TheMatsjo said:Actually that's not what it's called at all, please don't just throw words around. It bugs me that people systematically equate this term with whatever's convenient at the time.mercifulwrath said:It's called communism. And I'm sad to say it doesn't work.
Not all types of currency are measured in what we call money. Bartering, trading or even honor systems are ways of exchanging goods and services. The good thing about money is that is easily transportable and convertable. The problem is that it's an abstract thing that makes it very easy to exploit and deceive with.
I don't think money as a concept in this world is a problem, although I would welcome a world where it is no longer necessary.
Cheers,
Matsjo
Sounds more like group discipline to me.midknight129 said:Not money nor barter but self-discipline
As long as they're not self-replecating and/or self-aware we should be ok... I think.AccursedTheory said:Who needs cracked to be scared of science?DeadlyYellow said:Cracked has long since put the fear of Science into me. But most people just shrug off my doomsday ramblings as pro-religion propagating.AccursedTheory said:italics for world ending.
In ten years, we will have technology that will have the capacity to run wild and end us all. Nanobots are particularly frightening.
The problem is that nanobots will, most likely, not be mechanical constructs: they'll be modified bacteria, or some sort of multi-cellular organism (But still small). Because the life of a single celled creature, for the most part, is short, they will most likely be allowed to self replicate at a reasonable rate. Until something goes wrong.Nick Stackware said:As long as they're not self-replecating and/or self-aware we should be ok... I think.AccursedTheory said:Who needs cracked to be scared of science?DeadlyYellow said:Cracked has long since put the fear of Science into me. But most people just shrug off my doomsday ramblings as pro-religion propagating.AccursedTheory said:italics for world ending.
In ten years, we will have technology that will have the capacity to run wild and end us all. Nanobots are particularly frightening.
Something like cancer would come along and they would replicate out of control... Dammit I wanted nanobots!AccursedTheory said:The problem is that nanobots will, most likely, not be mechanical constructs: they'll be modified bacteria, or some sort of multi-cellular organism (But still small). Because the life of a single celled creature, for the most part, is short, they will most likely be allowed to self replicate at a reasonable rate. Until something goes wrong.
Go read Prey, by Micheal Crichton.
It's freaking horrifying.