DEAR KEN, I THINK THE WORLD IS CRAP AND I WANT A WORLD WHERE
   EVERYBODY IS NICE, SHARES, NOBODY IS GREEDY. HOW CAN I DO THAT?
   As an ideal, it is, indeed quite noble. Transitioning to such a
   human environment would be a tremendous social endeavor but
   certainly quite possible. One of the most difficult issues to
   tackle is that of authorities | power structure. To construct a
   new society, it would probably take several generations to
   achieve to completion, as each generation embeds the concepts to
   the new generation from babies onwards, stripping away the
   trapping of old world mentality. Some aspects to make it a
   reality will be tricky to uphold; The engineers of such a system
   would have to be, primarily, Historians. The forgetting of the
   past will require someone to remember, in order to nudge society
   back into such a goal when it strays off the path. There is the
   "immigrant phenomenon" (I call it that) as well; First
   Generation moves into a new land. It sacrifices all for the next
   generation. The next generation becomes embedded in the new
   culture, and rejects the old entirely and tries to throw off
   trappings of their parents. The generation AFTER that seems to
   be a fusion of old and new; sometimes rejecting THEIR parents
   ideals and embracing that of their grandparents; or attempting
   to. In extreme examples, they become the Mega-Orthodox Carriers
   of the Flame of their culture, Preachers of The Old Ways,
   feeling as if they are the 'last generation' of their kind. I
   don't know what happens in the 4th generation. Generational
   effects would have to be taken into consideration. But that can
   be mitigated entirely with parenting classes. Social engineering
   would take a lot of work to implement but isn't impossible. BUT,
   if you're speaking of something that we could enjoy, in OUR
   time, - an Intentional Community; that is possible; you have the
   "Rule of 150" to consider; it might be hard to get past 150
   members without a structure. That seems to be a limit based on
   the nature of Networks themselves; some kind of limit of the
   human brain (adults are able to hold about 100-150 distinct
   objects/ideas/attributes in their mind at a single moment; we
   think it's just 3-7 but really each of those '3 - 7" items
   contains dozens of attributes in themselves and network
   connections that require manipulations.)... Anyway... it's
   possible. We another hurdle to overcome as well; the amount of
   us that is "human" vs Animal appears to be but a 6 cell thick
   layer on top of the rest of our brain, which we share with our
   nearest neighbors; we're primarily animal with a little 'skin'
   of human on top. Our ability to reason is primarily influenced
   by our emotions; it is how we can decide at all; its an
   emotional 'push' that causes reason to function; and reason can,
   in turn, influence emotion in a feedback loop, but it starts
   with emotion; it's built-in to the loop. I think any hurdle can
   be overcome; if nothing else, in our imagination. And if you can
   engage the imagination of enough individuals to successfully be
   able to form societies; well, as long as their imaginations are
   engaged and in alignment with your goals; then you can achieve
   your dreams on a tremendous scale. But those are my thoughts.
   What are yours?