But with all of this technology available, I choose to live my life by setting time back 300 years and living a very simple, completely physical lifestyle. I grew my own food and built my own simple house with my own hands. I was able to be a kind grandfather to dozens of children in the village, to make clay pots in the sun and to grow flowers in my garden outside my bedroom window. I was as happy and fulfilled as I ever had been at any time in my entire life — my life was perfect, because it was exactly the way I wanted it to be.
Giving each human being the freedom to reach this level of deeply personal contentment was a remarkable achievement.
Postscript
If you have read this book and thought about humanity’s two possible futures, you realize that we have a choice as a society. We can continue down our current track, where everyone who loses a job to the robots ends up on welfare and living in a place like Terrafoam. Or we can chart a new course, where robots do all the work and humanity lives in freedom and equality while on perpetual vacation.
Obviously a society like the one described for the Australia Project is preferable for everyone. However, this type of society will not become a reality unless we take active steps to make it happen. If you are interested in helping, you can do three things:
1) Please tell your friends and neighbors about this book to help spread awareness. Manna is available on the Kindle and is also free on the web.
2) If you like the book, please rate and review it on Amazon.
3) Please contact Marshall Brain at http://MarshallBrain.com
Thank you for reading.
About the Author
Marshall Brain is best known as the founder of HowStuffWorks.com. Marshall started the site as a hobby in 1998 and it was purchased for $250 million by Discovery Communications in 2007.
As a well-known public speaker, Marshall frequently appears on radio and TV programs nationwide. He has appeared on everything from The Oprah Winfrey Show to CNN. He is the host of National Geographic’s “Factory Floor With Marshall Brain”.
Marshall has written more than a dozen books and a number of widely known publications.
Today Marshall resides in Cary, NC with his wife and four children.
You can learn more about Marshall Brain at http://MarshallBrain.com
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ISBN: 978-0-9852321-1-5
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