[throwaway8291]

It's an artificial scarcity, though. We have the most productive technologies ever - we are just not very good to put a better part of them flow towards common good.

The amount of senseless applications and waste is staggering.

[themodelplumber]

Good points. Plus the demand for tech is higher than ever due to the productivity advantage. There are pockets of that common-good advantage being demonstrated here and there, so maybe that can be patternized and better demonstrated to the whole. I'm sure there are immediately applicable ways to redirect a lot of the waste.