RE: Two Things Going In Opposite Directions

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In curious to see a world where people don't have to buy things. A world of abundance. Even on a social level, this will change a lot in terms of how people interact and with whom they interact with. On an economical level, it eliminates the social strata. More people become more equal. Even merit might not even be a thing as we have robots/AIs become faster and smarter. The place of humans in this new world seems insignificant

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I am not sure we see a world where people don't buy things, at least not for many, many decades. At some point, we might get carbon nanofactories which will construct stuff from atoms. However, until then, we will sill see purchases.

After all, there is a ton of free music out there. Most anything can be found either on Youtube, Pandora, or Spotify. The later two require listening to commercials but the music is there (YT also has commercials so it applies to all).

However, people still buy music. It will be the same way going forward. Yes we will use things such as cars and other changes but you still will buy the shirt and shoes you are wearing.

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I think some areas of scarcity will always persist. Attention is such an area. It's a deep psychological need and there is only so much anyone can pay attention. Also, with manufacturing capabilities going up, some may develop all manner of crazy wants.

But on balance, I think people will be more relaxed about status because attaining it will no longer be a matter of survival or even well-being for most.

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