Thirsty Romildo (fictional character) by the 'sororoca'Romildo, an engineerat the service of an oil company was sailing in a boat that sank whileinvestigating the leak of contaminants in the Solimoes River, in the middle ofthe Amazon rainforest.leia este artigo em PortuguesRomildo did not drinkwater afraid that the water was poisoned, and after three days, when therescuers arrived realized that Romildo was almost dead, leaning on aphenakospermum guianensis, commonly known by locals as 'Sororoca'.Romildo had no ideathat the plant that served as a shelter during the whole time he was thirstily living in a hot rainforest was a perfect source of clean water. The leaves of the sororoca,supported by long and strong petioles, arranged in the form of an array of fansaccumulate and purify water, forming a perfect natural filter and reservoir.The surviving historyof Romildo makes us understand what are the mechanisms of 'post-scarcity':- 1st stage of'post-scarcity', the basics - If Romildo had the knowledge of an experiencedwoodsman, he could have been benefited from water, plants and insects that werearound him, and could have come out the situation perfectly hydrated andnourished;- 2nd stage of'post-scarcity', state of the art - If Romildo had the accumulated knowledge ofa 'bushman' added to a 'chef' and a 'physician', he not only would have eatendelicious dishes such as a soup of toast larvae, tucupi and jambu, but alsowould have reduced his usual high level of blood cholesterol.- 3rd stage of'post-scarcity', plenitude of use - If Romildo had a relatively perfect base ofknowledge (conceptual condition of plenitude in post-scarcity scenario) he wouldhave had as much delight and moments of rare pleasure in the middle of jungle, andalso could have got out of there millionaire. May be because he dedicated himselfto a rich gold deposit, or have studied the use of a handful of native plantscombined to make a tonic compound with the purpose of increasing the averagelife expectancy of mankind in 220 years.Currently, ourcivilization is experiencing a stage of shortage (just prior to the first stagein the example cited above) where a relatively small group of people takesimproperly advantage of resources around, and the vast majority feels impaired:- A brilliant musician who opted for a life of crimes because he needed urgent money to feed his family, dies in a police confrontation. He was unable to use his potential talent because of the misuse of knowledge and proper attitudes;- A victim of cancerdies because he had no access to a remedy made out of the toxins of a particulartype of spider that lives in the garden of his own house;- A postal clerk failsto bring to market a revolutionary software, able to share information on thenewest achievements of science because their low self-esteem did not allowedhim to quit his secure job to devote to the project;Here are dramaticexamples of how the era of scarce is harmful to the planet and should betackled immediately.In a post-scarcity theclassic definition of economics would change from - allocation of scarceresources to unlimited needs - to - conscious use of unlimited resources forall needs. Hildur Jackson, bornin Denmark in 1942 is the person behind