Oil... Non-renewable resources... Within a few generations, we'll be facing this problem anyways, so why not start here and now before we have some real problems? Along the same lines of reducing our dependency on non-renewable resources, why not reduce our dependency on human labor? That would probably go *much* further towards relieving greif if we don't have to work to survive... Like Steve and Erin are always talking about with Star Trek, the more time that people can spend on pursuits other than just surviving, the more noble they become. If a person doesn't have to steal to have their needs met, then there would be no thieves.
While I personally do not have a problem with putting my money into a fund, several otherwise willing and capable people will have a problem. My wife is one such person. It would be best to set up a non-profit organization that has publicly available books (sort of like people can generally trust open source software because they can look at the code). If we start doing anything that needs to be hidden, that's a very good sign that we're doing something wrong.
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