| Have you seen The Expanse? There's a scene where Sergeant Gunner Bobby Draper from Mars visits Earth. Mars is being terraformed, it has no real liquid water. She wants to see the ocean. She makes it eventually, after traveling through the squats of Earth. In that world, much of Earth's population lives on "Basic Support". This is seen as a bad thing by Mars "Dusters". The Ocean isn't just a dream of a better Mars. It's an awesome globally shared still-life, something Earther's can use in their idle free time for, to use a Civilization term, a Cultural Victory. So yeah, I suppose that's the plan for some who can't get a job coding. Universal Basic Income and being told that we're all in this together as we paint still lives. I have a feeling there are others who also were happy playing the Economic Victory game. Maybe more so. I wonder where the other options are. It's going to be difficult enough for the next generation dealing with one group hating "Earther Squats" and another group hating "Dusters / regimented (CEO / military)". That is work itself. But I'll keep coding and hope those who become leaders actually want to. |