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Tom/ All<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">A
much bigger problem than of allocating technology provided gains
between work (along with over consumption) and leisure (with more
controlled consumption) is of the allocation between different
groups and classes of people, and between different geo-regions.
It is a completely inexcusable crime of all those who participate
in the management of our societies today that even with such
stupendous technology/ productivity gains, about 13 percent of the
world's population still goes to bed hungry, and more than 30
percent of the children in developing countries are stunted due to
malnourishment (In India, close to 40 percent). Nearly half the
world's population lives on less that 2.5 dollars a day.
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<span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">"The
world produces enough food to feed everyone...... </span><span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">the
principal underlying cause of poverty and hunger is the ordinary
operation of the economic and political systems in the world.
Essentially control over resources and income is based on
military, political and economic power that typically ends up in
the hands of a minority, who live well, while those at the bottom
barely survive, if they do."
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm">http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm</a>
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Meanwhile, wealth disparities are rising globally, at most places
very rapidly. A recent report says that </span>"t<span
style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">he
lower half of the global population possesses barely 1% of global
wealth, while the richest 10% of adults own 86% of all wealth, and
the top 1% account for 46% of the total. " And the concentration
of wealth is worsening almost everywhere.<br>
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Nice time one would say to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://t.co/xUxOf0AvLl">attempt to move the locus of
global Internet governance to the World Economic Forum</a>, that
Mecca of the 1 percent, where 'they' develop blue prints for where
the world should go from here. We certainly need their advice and
leadership for shaping and governing the global Internet. Power on
the Internet isnt already concentrated enough! <br>
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One can only congratulate all those involved with the initiative,
and those contributing to it!<br>
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Poor those who have been trying to occupy places that signified
wealth concentration - the occupy movement. It appears that it is
the civil society that is getting occupied in reverse. And it is
running into the trap gleefully, with open arms.<br>
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parminder<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Saturday 16 August 2014 09:11 AM,
Thomas Lowenhaupt wrote:<br>
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Mike,<br>
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Long ago I thought this problem could be solved by reallocating
resources: The availability of farm machinery has created more
food than we know what to do with; and half of New York seems to
be filled with storage bins filled with the abundance of
manufactured goods. And I thought that people be happy to retire
at 30. <br>
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But assuming an abundance of energy and no environmental
limitations, would I like a 50 year retirement? These days I seem
to live for my work. If some machine takes it away, I'd be left
with a diminished life. <br>
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How important is work to most peoples lives? <br>
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Yes, I agree with the video, and the clock seems to be ticking.<br>
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By posting on the governance list are you suggesting that Internet
governance and "technology management" be combined?<br>
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Tom Lowenhaupt<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/15/2014 6:42 PM, michael
gurstein wrote:<br>
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So what do we do?
M
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