(Photo by Angela Papuga/Getty Images) Related links: more insight from Jack Stewart “Star Trek” buttons at AlienCon Los Angeles 2019. Stewart: Suddenly he starts carrying cash.
I’d be very surprised that the next Picard show would be about accumulating artifacts. But we don’t see that in “Trek.” These are the parameters of the world. Not a currency, but something to keep track and account for the allocation of resources. Stewart: You mean, like a federation accounting unit? Saadia: I’ve always wondered if there is anĪccounting unit of some sort to keep track of what is being made and what is Think he would have made of that? Does that fit into this concept at all? This universe and this concept, things like Bitcoin didn’t exist. Stewart: When Gene Roddenberry was coming up with It’s free, and it’s all human knowledge at your fingertips. Another example of a public good like that is Wikipedia. In fact most of scientific research - that then turns into marketable goods - is done for prestige, to benefit the greater good in whatever form, whether market or non-market. Of this concept of doing things for the greater good, not necessarily for Stewart: Are there any examples in our society today
Throughout this series, justice seems to be their most profound concern and what they’re aiming for as good people. Saadia: Prestige, and the admiration of your peers and doing good and doing what is right. Throughout this series, justice seems to be their most profound concern and what they’re aiming for as good people Manu Saadia Jack Stewart: So, if there’s no money, if there’s no currency, if you don’t have that drive to accumulate wealth, what motivates characters in “Star Trek”? How does it work? You hear Patrick Stewart give a spiel where he was like, “We’ve eliminated hunger, want, the need for possessions - we’ve grown out of our infancy.” And it is the absence of money, but it is also the changes in behaviors. Manu Saadia: It defines the ethos of all the characters in “Star Trek.” It defines the universe.