Nanotopia - Utopia of Nanotechnology

A Utopia is a imagined society that under its definition possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. This definition came about from Sir Thomas More in 1516 in his book titled Utopia, and in it he characterized a fictional island where everything was perfect.

I haven't read the book in over twenty years, but from what I do remember it was a socialist heaven where everyone was in perfect harmony. I will be the first one to down play any idea of a true utopia, the idea that if you structure society correctly everyone would be happy. I do not believe it , and do not think it is a condition of humanity for such.

My proposal of a Nanotopia is more of a science structured society with Nano Assemblers as the corner stone of the society. When a society has nano assemblers that can craft matter at the atomic level the manufacturing, engineering, logistical, and even class structure of society will change. Not saying society/humanity will change, as people will continue to be people, same desires, same vices.

Why a Nanotopia then? Why think that this one technology will restructure society in a Utopian sense?

Nano Assemblers as I have mentioned will change all facets of life. Food production, energy production, are all things that will take a back seat to a push of a button. These things humans have spent time and money on for centuries will be solved with a simple assembler. Me being a 80's kid, when I think of this technology I always think of the Star Trek Replicators and holodecks, how this technology made space flight possible. Yes, Star Trek outlined the wrap drive as the key societal changing technology, but I still think without those Replicators they were not going far.

Food production is a huge foot print us biological beings have to adjust for. We have come along way, even as far as some people do not even know where their food comes from except for the Grocery Store. When you remove this issue, the growth and production of food, and are able to push a button and nano assemblers craft that same molecular assembly for your consumption it will change society.

Food production will not be the biggest change to society, energy and engineering will be just as big. Think of micro machines building and constructing our cities in months or weeks. Everything built with micro processors within them to adapt and repair when needed. These things will defiantly change how we live and work.

Again, why a utopia?

I call it a Nanotopia because of the function for assemblers to finally bring virtual reality to its full potential. True virtual reality, fully conceived virtual worlds we visit with our minds not our senses. Whether we plug our brains directly into portals to visit these worlds, or we scan ourselves and create a virtual simulation of ourselves I think this function will truly call for a nanotopia, a nano based utopia.

I believe there will be all kinds of societal issue to confront with this idea society. Both ethical and mechanical. These are all issues I feel we can confront and overcome. I believe it is where we are going. Do we need restrictions, outlines, blueprints, and direction, defiantly. Our writers have been dreaming up these scenario for decades with our science fiction, so we have ideas what we will see, what we can do and prepare for.

The thing I feel everyone leaves out of this discussion is the true human factor, as I am not outlining a robotic utopia, but a human utopia, and that in the looses sense. We will need to hold on to our humanity, our drive to love, live, experience, explore, craft and enjoy. I feel we can do this, and look forward to this adventure.

I honestly think we will need to structure the coming Nanotopia, outline it and plan for it, even when it could be so far in the future, because the one thing we know about technology is a growth curve and the progression is quickening. Actually nano assemblers are a exponential growth function, as once you have one you have thousands in minutes and billions in hours. So planning is something we should be doing now.

How would we get all of earths peoples on the same page for this transition? We won't and we can't. It will be one of those revolutions that will happen with our without you and take place in a decade and either you are on board or you were by passed. Which is the one thing that I repeatedly think about, question as to why we do not have organizations and planning in place now for this future.

We of course have organizations like Humanity+, but I think these organizations are more academic and not planning on the future progression as it will and can happen. I think we should have a societal organization who plans and is read to grab a hold of our future and direct it. I think we need to completely envision this future and have a plan, a open, public detailed plan of what we will create and craft that everyone can agree on.

I do not know how we can craft this plan now, but I think we should, I think we can, and I think it is something to believe in and plan for. Let the Cult of the Nano begin.

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