As high production rate as possible, satisfying all the needs of the people, including those that could be considered somewhat excessive. Much freedom in the redistribution of products according to the immediate requests and wants of the people.
People's interests and wishes are of primary importance, and the society is a tool for satisfying them.
However, the people are interested in developing and improving the society and its economy to ensure their own well-being through the general increase of wealth.
No possessions of any kind, neither private nor collective. The very idea of property relates to the past.
No wage labor. People do what they like to and what they are interested in. Any work is considered as a part of the common activity of the society as a whole.
No money and trade. Products distributed according to the people's needs only and in accordance with the current level of production, without any privileges.
People working, but never earning their life. The product of their work does not belong to anybody, be it a single person or a social group. Rather, it is a part of the gross social product that should be distributed between all the members of society.
No competition at all. No industrial secrets, free exchange of technologies. Any invention increasing the efficiency of production is encouraged, but there is no need in any special author rights on the invention, since everybody shares every kind of social wealth.
Products distributed according to the needs of the people, but within the current public income. No product belonging to those who produce it.
Reasonable consumption: nobody is trying to get more than is really needed, and more than can be available at the current level of economic development. If something cannot be obtained in sufficient quantities, it should be distributed among those who either needs it more or can use it more efficiently - until the humanity finds the way to completely satisfy the public needs.
The system of distribution is designed to favor the limit cases, to support social and economic experimenting. While the main bulk of the social needs is satisfied with a certain percent of the total income, the rest is used to extend the "wings" of economy, explore the risky areas. Moreover, if some direction of development seems to be very promising, people may wish to reduce their normal consumption rate, to put more into research.
Highly developed means of communication, both material and informational. Everybody can contact everybody, and any thing can be delivered to any place. No travel limitations.
Safe transport. Priority of the pedestrian.
Centralized regulation of transport flows. Advanced optimization to avoid interference between passenger and cargo transport.
Flexible means of transport. Mass transport along with the variety of individual vehicles borrowed anywhere when needed. Personal cars only as a kind of hobby, and no need to have any machines at home since anything can be borrowed for a particular task.
No speed bumps. Smooth road system designed to have efficient, rapid and smooth transit. Any obstacles removed. Technical and social control preventing transit disturbances.
Vehicles are engineered to have or produce less vibration or noise.
No permanent professions and fixed jobs. Everybody can do anything, after a special training provided at will. People can change their occupations without any social consequences. However, people have a strong feeling of duty and will never drop any activity unless it is safe enough and economically admissible. The economy is organized so that the occupations of the people could be most flexible, and there would be no need to make people work too long on one place.
Reproduction of population is like any other reproduction. Accordingly, it may be completely controlled by the society, including both the physical reproduction and spiritual development.
Children brought up by the society as a whole, knowing nothing about their parentage, as well as the parents never know those who were born using their genetic material. In the far perspective: completely programmed artificial birth process.
All the technologies oriented on maximum flexibility with mass production possible if needed. Any new product can be manufactured if requested by an individual, with easy reprogramming the manufacturing facilities.
Trying to eliminate the roots for the problems rather than fixing errors: proactive rather than reactive economic policy.
Eliminating hard physical work. Most effort in the intellectual sphere. People are mostly concerned with designing tools suited for a particular work, rather than mass production of articles using the already designed tools. Every operation that has once been effectuated is then automated, to avoid any direct human intervention.
However, people still get trained to do physical work, to develop their intuition and intellect through muscular activity. They can survive in an uncultivated environment due to their universal creativity, the ability to adapt natural things to cultural needs. Vast knowledge in all the technical areas allows people to find prompt solutions in emergency.
There are no fixed working hours, but people may distribute their work so that they would not interfere with each other's activities. These are only conventional limitations that can be easily shifted, if necessary.
The surface of the Earth is used in a rational way, with an optimal distribution of industrial zones and living areas. Most industry outside the Earth. No need to settle around the industrial centers, since most operations can be remotely controled.
Contributors
Ivan Efremov (USSR)
Etienne Cabet (France)
Pavel Ivanov (Russia)
Dick Davis (USA)
Jon Will (USA)
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