Mathematician
Reason, and reason again
For socialists, what scientific and architectural changes do you see happening after the revolution? I thought this would be a fun topic to distract our minds from the political discussions happening elsewhere on the forum.
I see the re-emergence of zeppelins as a means of travel. While planes would certainly exist, the need to shuffle people around quickly would be replaced by the highly mobile, safe, and lucrative zeppelins. Instead of sitting in a cramped space for 2 hours you could enjoy a slightly longer flight with drinks and dance and views of the scenery below. There wouldn't be a large need for air traffic controllers like there is with airplanes. Plus, they use a lot less energy. By only traveling at a height of one-thousand miles above the Earth, the risk of dying is dramatically reduced. Not to mention helium is about as flammable as water.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Flying from a different perspective
I also see the formation of aesthetically pleasing households/cities with the decrease in birth rates that comes with industrialization and birth control. With more land available, we could see real works of beauty for every person to live in. I'm especially fond of the ideas for water cities that are completely resistant to hurricanes. The designer of the Venus Project has discussed ways of creating these houses with minimum human labor.
The Venus Project - The Redesign of a culture
Some other concepts I have are desalination plants lining particular coastlines to guarantee the production of water, biodegradable wrapping and containers, mass underground transit, increase in space exploration missions, underwater turbines [for the sea cities], remote operated mine devices... None of this being possible in the immediate future under capitalism due to social necessity being reduced to purchasing power. Society would see these tasks as temporarily more important than producing a whole new assembly line of "different" mp3 players that can cook bacon while you snort crack!
I see the re-emergence of zeppelins as a means of travel. While planes would certainly exist, the need to shuffle people around quickly would be replaced by the highly mobile, safe, and lucrative zeppelins. Instead of sitting in a cramped space for 2 hours you could enjoy a slightly longer flight with drinks and dance and views of the scenery below. There wouldn't be a large need for air traffic controllers like there is with airplanes. Plus, they use a lot less energy. By only traveling at a height of one-thousand miles above the Earth, the risk of dying is dramatically reduced. Not to mention helium is about as flammable as water.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Flying from a different perspective
I also see the formation of aesthetically pleasing households/cities with the decrease in birth rates that comes with industrialization and birth control. With more land available, we could see real works of beauty for every person to live in. I'm especially fond of the ideas for water cities that are completely resistant to hurricanes. The designer of the Venus Project has discussed ways of creating these houses with minimum human labor.
The Venus Project - The Redesign of a culture
Some other concepts I have are desalination plants lining particular coastlines to guarantee the production of water, biodegradable wrapping and containers, mass underground transit, increase in space exploration missions, underwater turbines [for the sea cities], remote operated mine devices... None of this being possible in the immediate future under capitalism due to social necessity being reduced to purchasing power. Society would see these tasks as temporarily more important than producing a whole new assembly line of "different" mp3 players that can cook bacon while you snort crack!
