Singularity Institute
Evolution Of A Protest
The $1‑Per‑Month Post‑Scarcity Engine The idea is that 80 million of the poorest citizens can achieve economic liberation by pooling small monthly contributions to build a vertically integrated, AI‑driven industrial ecosystem that produces goods at true cost instead of market prices. 1. $1‑Per‑Month Catalyst (Ramping Over Time) The system begins with $1/month , generating $960M/year . As the system starts saving participants money—through cheaper food, energy, materials, and goods—the contribution ramps up gradually , but never exceeds the monthly savings . Within 10 years , the average partic...
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Post Scarcity Society Building 22.02.2026 24:25
Energy & Materials Technologies like SMRs (e.g., Copenhagen Atomics), solar , and LTO batteries enable near-limitless energy. This supports direct desalination , large-scale material production , and low-cost energy storage . Waste becomes feedstock via full recycling/upcycling , and land use remains minimal due to high-density factory footprints. Production & Technology Open-source IP for...
Democratized Design Suite 22.02.2026 15:58
The document describes a future version of CAD with AI —not replacing CAD, but expanding it into a full, AI‑supported design ecosystem. The core idea is that modern AI can sit on top of CAD/CAE/CAM and automate the engineering work that normally requires years of training. The result is a system where a non‑expert, even a 12‑year‑old, can design a functional aircraft because the AI handles the phy...
Breaking the P–12 Racket: National‑Scale Pressure Dynamics 20.02.2026 18:45
This analysis examines how the entire U.S. public education system becomes financially vulnerable when faced with a large, permanent, nationwide withdrawal of students . Because public schools are funded on a per‑pupil basis , a major loss of enrollment instantly removes revenue while leaving most fixed costs untouched. If a significant fraction of families across the country were to permanently e...
University Accreditation Is A Cartel 20.02.2026 17:24
1. Core Insight: Objectivity Isn’t the Problem “Objective metrics get gamed” only applies to bad metrics. In engineered systems, optimizing to the metric is correct. Good metrics = comprehensive, outcome‑aligned, hack‑resistant, validated, transparent. Aviation, medicine, engineering, finance all rely on objective standards to prevent fraud. Higher ed is the lone domain claiming objectivity is dan...
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