It's kind of a an unsolvable problem, right? Even if we lived under a perfectly-controlled-by-benevolent-dictator economy with no capitalism or markets, that do

It's kind of a an unsolvable problem, right? Even if we lived under a perfectly-controlled-by-benevolent-dictator economy with no capitalism or markets, that doesn't mean scarcity wouldn't exist. Every scientist would have that voice at the back of their head saying "remember, this lab you're in could be used by those fine cancer research guys across the hall...". This voice being the voice of scarcity, which is inevitably present whether the scientists are privately funded or publicly funded or whatever.