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In the far future when food, shelter, and other necessities are basically free, attention will be the last valuable commodity. There will always be a scarcity
by wheelie_boy 8y ago
In the far future when food, shelter, and other necessities are basically free, attention will be the last valuable commodity. There will always be a scarcity of attention.
- Tade0 8y agoMakes one imagine a very different Star Trek universe.
- nostrademons 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Callister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Callister
- Apocryphon 8y agoMaybe we can make AI who can be good consumers.
- Applejinx 8y agoThis is true, but we have a lot of work to do before we have the first part sorted. Right now we're looking at a scenario where attention's becoming a marketable commodity, but the penalty for failing to maximize it is starvation and ruin, because food and shelter are far from being a given.