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It's not possible; human desires are infinite for all practical purposes and physical matter is inherently scarce. Have a great house? A car? A plane? Great...
by vedranm 10y ago
It's not possible; human desires are infinite for all practical purposes and physical matter is inherently scarce. Have a great house? A car? A plane? Great... now, how about a spaceship?
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoWell, its about marketing. Used to be we dreamed of flying cars and going to Mars (1950's science fiction). Jobs got us programmed to anticipate a little more RAM, a bigger screen and more colorful icons. Just dumb down the consumerism and there you are.
- vedranm 10y agoI would say, with rise of SpaceX, some of us dream of those things again. Comments like this on HN make me think there are more of use than we think: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13706116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13706116