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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mossme89, post: 1995968, member: 72307&quot;]There&#039;s been a lot of talk on the Internet about the possibility of a dollar collapse. As dire as it may seem, there IS a silver lining to a dollar collapsing and that is a couple things. First, the veil over people, who are deluded by the prospects of material (money) gain falls away, and they begin to see the world the way it truly is.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the biggest change of a dollar collapse is that a dollar collapse is entirely superficial. There is still a farmer growing crops in Pennsylvania, or running a chicken farm in Kentucky. There are still people who are technically employed, drilling for oil. All it takes is one or two people saying &quot;Hey, I have access to oil, and you have access to food. I&#039;ll continue drilling for oil, if in exchange you provide food.&quot; That&#039;s just a rough example, but theoretically, there is no legitimate reason why our grid cannot continue functioning after a dollar collapse.</p><p><br /></p><p>And before you say that money is the primary motivator of people, let me make one very big point: Linux. Linux, an entirely open source operating system for both the end user and enterprise users. It is currently the 3rd most popular computer platform in the world, run on around 5% of computers, just short of the immensely popular Mac OS X at 8% (<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp" rel="nofollow">source</a>). Linux is projected to reach $1 billion of revenue in 2012 (<a href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/614434/linux-revenue-set-to-top-1-billion-in-2012" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.itpro.co.uk/614434/linux-revenue-set-to-top-1-billion-in-2012" rel="nofollow">source</a>), pending a dollar collapse of course. Well, why is something free so popular? Because people contribute to the betterment of something for all. In other words, people are motivated to improve Linux to help other people, rather than personal (monetary) gain.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll leave you with this video, which (shockingly) shows what truly motivates people:</p><p>[media=youtube]u6XAPnuFjJc[/media][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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