Of course it's hard, but you'll never know how hard until you actually try! You can't sit back and say "what I would like to see". It's much more gratifying to actually do it, isn't it?
Isn't it considered to be Hobbesian philosphy? Sure it's not a hard science, but human greed certainly had it it's place during the fall of communism, along with countless examples of anarchistic societies.
Overall I thought the movie was pretty good. Definitely thought provoking. I think it had a few pretty major flaws: -Adam Smith's invisible hand has nothing to do with god. It's just dumb to say it does. It's a shorthand to explain natural market dynamics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand -Not all economists are…
While I appreciate that the modern field of economics is almost entirely hegemonic in nature and I think healthy critique is necessary in any discipline, the idea that scarcity can be overcome by persistent application of "the scientific method" is both hilarious and disturbing. Ignoring the fact that the scientific method…
Maybe it's just hard for people who live in prosperous countries to imagine anything better since they live in a society where they have abundance and majority (or can buy it). I come from a 3rd world country and have never taken anything for granted, and when I see something like the Venus Project I can't help but jump on…