Greed, politics, racism, nationalism, First World vs Third World, etc., all make it impossible to utilize our resources for the benefit of humanity. Those who have the power, control access to the world’s resources. The most revolutionary technology in Star Trek was the replicator. Once every person had access to unlimited resources, Capitalism was left on the ash heap of history. Scarcity is what drives the global economy today but some ingenious people are working on the precursor to the replicator, the 3-D printer. Give them another 50 years and who knows where this path will lead them.
