post-scarcity economy utopia theme
There is a society in which goods needed for human welfare are all abundant so that trade and squabbles over ownership are pretty much redundant.
19 total · 11 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Brave New World (1980) | major | We saw a society in which nobody wanted for material goods. In a small illustration of this Bernard Marx produced a meal for the outsider John the Savage at the push of a button, and when John said he wasn't hungry, Bernard disposed of the meal without a second thought to John's great amazement. |
| movie: Brave New World (1998) | major | We saw a society in which people seemingly wanted for no material and lived in luxury, safety, and unsettling harmony. |
| movie: Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969) | major | The inhabitants of Templemer had all their material needs provided for because Nemo made machines to convert ocean resources into useful goods. |
| movie: Flight to Mars (1951) | major | The Martians lived in a technologically advanced underground city where all material needs were satisfied through energy harnessed from the fictional mineral Corium. |
| movie: Latitude Zero (1969) | major | The utopian city Latitude Zero, which was on the sea floor, was made possible by the super advanced technologies that its citizens had developed over the years. Technology ensured that all the material needs of the city inhabitants were provided for. Gold, which was plentiful, was filtered from ocean water and diamonds were of very little value. |
| movie: Logans Run (1976) | major | The story is set in a futuristic city-state where peoples material needs are amply provided for. |
| movie: Once Upon a Time... (1990) | major | Much of the story is set in a futuristic city whose inhabitants live in leisure owing to automation. There was only catch: the citizens had to sacrifice the city's most beautiful woman to a giant monster each year or else the monster would destroy the city. |
| movie: Silent Running (1972) | major | The film is set in a future where poverty has been eliminated on Earth and everyone has a job, but on the other hand, there was massive ecological destruction. |
| movie: Sleeper (1973) | major | People wanted for nothing in terms of material goods by the year 2173. There were robot servants, giant fruits and vegetables, giant chickens for meat, and people smoked cigarettes with not harmful consequences to their health. |
| shortstory: A Visitor from the Twentieth Century (1928) | major | Future New York City was made a hydroelectrically powered utopia complete with gigantic buildings that comfortably fit 10,000 people, moving sidewalks, and people tubes for transport. |