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Originally posted by spived2
The invention (or disclosure) of working cold fusion. Imagine power only costing pennies! So much cheap power, we could probably stop using fossil fuels to power machines. So much would change for us by using the power that's already abundant in everything around us.
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Controlled Fusion would give us power over matter itself. Extended to the far end, we could create every element on the periodic table simply by using fusion generators to slam bigger and bigger atoms together. We'd never want for anything as a species or a culture ever again. The entire economic structure of the world would break down, since nothing material would have inherent value anymore. Ideas would be the only thing worth exchanging, but they'd no longer be worth fighting over because control of natural resources would be of no value for the groups that espouse conflicting philosophies.
I hope this happens in my lifetime.