If humanity as a whole was to say abolish the monytary system, and move towards a resource based system where all human where provided for with food, drink, housing, health, communication access, all basic needs. Then we could fianlly see nice things start to emerge and people making games for the pleasure of making them, and it could be distributed freely to everyone who wants to play em.
Maybe this is just a "dream world", but the sad thing is humans could pull it off if we got off our asses, we got enough resources on the planet to provide for all of us, and we got the technology to do it. All we really lack is the, I guess, education and understanding that we do, and that it could benefit us all.
I realise something like this may not happen for hunderds of years (cause lets face it, our monetary system and current sosical structure can not last indefinatly). But I can dream 
What you're describing is not very different from Communism. Unfortunately, it is an idealistic system that looked good on paper but has never worked in practice and wound up being exploited by those in power.
Humans are imperfect beings, and as such, we require self gratifying motivation and reward for EVERYTHING we do. That means we need money, and always will. It's of no use to point out exceptions to this rule, either, because you're speaking in very, very broad terms and an exception here and there is no way to support the concept that such a system could ever work for humankind at any point in the foreseeable future.
So yeah, one can dream, but I prefer to be realistic and make the most of the fact that I was lucky enough to be born into a first world country. It's not a perfect existence, and it shows off a lot of the flaws we possess as a species, but it's still much better than the alternative.
The main difference with me "view" and communism is that in commuism your ass belongs to everyone, while with my view your ass belongs only to yourself.
Its maybe a subtle difference, but non the less an extreemly impiortent one. It may not have come across well, but in my fututre world all basic needs are provided for, by technology and automated systems. Humans themself is then free to do as they please, be it art, games, science, travell etc etc. And we are quite capable of working towards such a system.
In communism everyone is also "paied" the same, but in my view there is no money
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I very much disagree that we always will need money tho. I do not think so at all. We are currently conditioned by ourselfs to belive money is the source of everything, but its not so. Money is just very well worked into our culture, almost too well imo. We measure everything in money, and I think that its hurting us more then it is giving us rewards. We like mony rewards since we are told its a good thing.
The way our monetary system actually works is really stopping us form advancing to a better future, and its also what is keeping others down. Because everything revolves around money, everyone wants it. But here is the big flaw, everyone can not have all the money, money come at thw expence of others. As long as we have such a system we will never get rid of poverty, we will awlays have a lower class of peole and we will awlays have the ones at the "top" loarding others with their money.
Money worked when we had scarcity of resources, but we really do not have that anymore, so it becomes only an artificial value. Imposed on ourself by ourself since birth. We grow up with it and accept it. But that not mean we can not think criticaly about it.
I really do not think money as a reward is what people want or need deep down. I really don't. People deep down really want to be happy, happiness can be derived from so many other sources or self expression. Friends, familiy, the community, self, art, knowledge, sharing etc. Money is not one of them from my expereince. Its just means to an end. So I really propose to skip the means and go straight for the end
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I can only speak for myself here, but I do belive others may feel the same even if they have not really thought of it to much; I got an ok job and thus an ok economy (good enough to provide all my basic needs like food and shelter), but I still feel pretty indifferent towards it, it gives me nothing of real value. However, when I am visitng frinds and familiy, I expereince value, I am really happy.
I have also expereined being what could be deifned as poor during my student days. Having to worry about if I can pay the rent and have enough food is not pleasent indeed. And even then I always had backup to turn to if needed like family and frinds, but I never did since I wanted to get through it myself.
As for humans being imperfet? No, not at all. Because what is perfect then? Humans are humans, we are who we want to be. We got nothing to comapre ourself to and say we are imperfect, or perfect. I therefore choose to not use such absolute definitions that really does not make any sense. The notion of "perfect" does not really exist in reality and using it is really detremental to ourself. I mean, saying that we are imperfect is really a quite a negative way of thinking about ourself, especailly since there is no reason to use the word in the first place to describe us. We are who we are, and we are quite capable of changing ourself if we wish to do so, as we have done in the past. I am human, the most advanced lifeform we know of, and damn proud of it!
But make no mistake, I am quite happy I live in Norway, its a pretty darn good country, and I am lucky to be born here. That does not mean I am simply content when I think that there is still room for improvement. Here is the only time I can use the word perfect: To strive
towards perfection, to ever better ourself. I belive that is a good goal, even tho being perfect is impossible.
I dream of such a future, but I also do belive it is possible. Really. As for when, and if we get there, that is another matter
. So as you say I do live in reality, and i am very well aware fo how that reality affects me, but giving up hope for a better future makes me feel too shallow and unfullfiled. I like striving for something that is better, not just for me but for the ones I care for. I think we can do it as a specis if we want to, we simply need to raise teh issue and become aware.
I always was the one to think critically of our society tho, and my suroundings. I like to think about such things, and as such my views are never absolute either. I don't like absolute terms, everything is shades fo gray with me
. And I can go on at lengt about this (and possibly try and make my views more clear, but I never was the good writer), but I won't here (as I am typing from work right now, hehe).
Anyways hope I get my points across. I am not trying to be rude or anything (hope I do not come across as anything like that), I just very much like discussing such things.
