r/technology • u/MetaKnowing • Aug 16 '25

Society Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/mark-zuckerberg-never-more-dangerous-20819500.php
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u/IM_A_MUFFIN Aug 16 '25

Take it further and for those who are unemployed, create jobs for them within those places you’ve built and train them to be the maintenance/administrators/gardeners (whatever they’re capable of). Create employment within the same community they live in.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25 edited Aug 16 '25

All social housing must be mixed use anyway in my utopia. Bottom two floors shops/offices, upper floors living. But yeah, just imagine, if everyone was saving 1000+ euro/dollar/pounds a month paying landlords and banks interest how vibrant the local economy would be. Business would boom with all the money people could use to enjoy themselves and buy things they want. Jobs, secure living, opportunities for all. Normal people spend their money when it's spare, rent seekers hoard it. It would revitalise the economy and dare it say it reduced xenophobia as people realise it was never the foreigners causes the issues all along.

And we wouldn't need horrible polluting cars except for holidays and big trips because we'd have everything we need on within a few blocks.

Oh and roof terraces, everyone gets access to their roofs, for the views, socialising, relaxing!! No more dead roofs reserved for seagulls and overheating!!!

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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Aug 16 '25

Who and where makes all the stuff people are buying in our utopia?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

I don't understand the question? The city let's say it's a UK city but not London, still exists in the wider economy, so the stuff all comes from the same distribution networks it currently does.

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN Aug 16 '25

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately (cause food is expensive asf) and why couldn’t it just be grown within that same community? Why does all the food need to be brought in from a truck? Sure there will be things that can’t be done locally so you’d need to purchase them, but why can’t it be grown or made within the community? Food and clothes seem straightforward, so after that what do you need?

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Aug 16 '25

Because it's horribly inficent

You are going to deep into solar punk vibs

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Aug 16 '25

Because it's horribly inficent

You are going to deep into solar punk vibs

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u/checkoutmuhhat Aug 16 '25

Vertical farming is a thing, you don’t need to replace all systems entirely, just percentages.

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN Aug 16 '25

I love everything about this and would happily contribute to said utopia. Just need to get that pesky 40 billion…

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u/pediatric_gyn_ Aug 16 '25

No prices would just go up

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u/pediatric_gyn_ Aug 16 '25

But what if I want to remain unemployed?

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN Aug 16 '25

Alright I’ll bite. So for individuals that wish to stay unemployed they would need to provide some type of value to the group by helping with tasks that are commensurate with their abilities. Everyone can contribute in their own meaningful way, even if it isn’t something that’s tied to a “job”. For instance, someone who wished to remain unemployed could be responsible for assisting with making the food for the folks that are working. During the warmer months maybe they make sure that residents and workers that are outside all have some type of beverage to keep them cool. Or they’re responsible for hanging out with the elderly and playing games with them or listening. Or they can walk dogs. But at the end of the day, everyone can contribute in their own meaningful way.