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>we can eventually reach a post-scarcity, totally automated, enlightened civilization this won't happen automatically. it will have to be a conscious decision.
by ptah 7y ago
>we can eventually reach a post-scarcity, totally automated, enlightened civilization
this won't happen automatically. it will have to be a conscious decision. how do you propose to get there instead of the dystopian future where things are infinitely more scarce for some and not for others which seems to be our default trajectory
- repolfx 7y agoHow is that our default trajectory? Things aren't infinitely more scarce for some these days. Poverty has been in long term decline across the world. The poor today are much better off than they were in the past despite huge populations; this is essentially because of improved technology. Much of it automation.