Boldly Going Where No Economy Has Gone Before: The Great Reset as a Prelude to a Star Trek Utopia

Promises made by the ‘Great Reset’ may prove futile if human nature refuses to let up.

Copyclem
7 min readDec 12, 2023

Remember the days of Captain Kirk boldly proclaiming, “Space… the final frontier”?

Star Trek always comes to mind whenever I see a picture painted for a ‘better future’, a more sustainable environment, a balanced global economy, and the unison of all people under one banner.

The Great Reset may very well be that entry point to such an ambitious plan, hatched in the minds of some serious world-changers, aims to do nothing less than warp us into a Star Trek-like future.

Think of the Great Reset as the Star Trek holodeck turned up to eleven. We’re talking replicator-style abundance, where everyone has access to the cool gadgets and comfy life that are nothing short of the norm onboard a Federation starship.

Star Trek Voyager — a holographic Doctor having a family in a holodeck program — Photo: IMDb

Imagine a world where poverty is a quaint historical footnote, replaced by universal basic income, in a post-scarcity economy, where technological advancements have made…

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