h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I am enthralled by the idea of how people see the future, I have my own theories, sometimes I have flashes of pictures in my head of the future, and I don't always like them, but I envisage the material world crashing, and everyone will have to go back to basics, with no electricity or technology, which doesn't appeal to me personnally, but on another level if we all dematerialised our ideas, there would be less crime, less corruption, as there would be no money to fight over, as this truly is the root of all evil. I imagine a superpower of aliens coming to our rescue and living peacefully with compassion for others with no crime. But then would we really be humans if we are all conditioned to think alike?