Edit: this comment was intended as a reply but the original comment I was replying was deleted... My understanding is that the authors were referring at consum

Edit: this comment was intended as a reply but the original comment I was replying was deleted... My understanding is that the authors were referring at consumerism, like changing your phone because a new version appeared, or rich people owning a few cars or plains or yachts, maybe too many resources are wasted for nothing good. My wish is that we will arrive to a Star Trek like system, but in the series is shown that before we reached that we fist had an extreme capitalism phase then a third world war, so I am afraid of a big blood bath before things balance.