We have a magic box now that produces all those things..it's called the earth. The work as well as the money, is in the distribution.
At 12:26 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote: >When food and water can be made from nothing, as well as diamonds, it >will certainly have an interesting effect on the economy. > >Here is an interesting question for you guys - tell me what you think >about this: > >Imagine a device is made. It's the size of a shoebox. We will call it >the "Wishbox". These boxes are given away for free. Each box can >produce... well, anything. Food, water, diamonds, TVs (maybe it's bigger >than a shoebox ;), essentially, anything you want. Therefore, you no >longer need to work. What would this to the world? To our economy? We >would still need some workers. Doctors, for example. Teachers, lawyers, >people to build large buildings. But it seems like a large amount of >people would not have a need to work. How would we entice people to take >essential jobs? Sure, people have callings, but the money is at least >part of it. > >Would the Earth become a big party? > >-RC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
