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I think this is a good question to ask. But my immediate reaction is: why? Land is scarce so it makes sense to “invest” in, ie convert dollars into land with t

I think this is a good question to ask. But my immediate reaction is: why? Land is scarce so it makes sense to “invest” in, ie convert dollars into land with the expectation that you will be able to convert it back into more dollars later because there will be more people and the same amount of land. But what’s the reason when you can instantly create more “digital land”? I have been reading Iain M Banks again recently and have been thinking about the post scarcity society where you can have as much land on an orbital as you’d like. So, what does it mean to invest in land in a situation like that?

imtringued 6y ago
>I have been reading Iain M Banks again recently and have been thinking about the post scarcity society where you can have as much land on an orbital as you’d like. So, what does it mean to invest in land in a situation like that? Did they brainwash people to stop reproducing? Given enough children, you can fill hundreds of space colonies (I'm assuming that is what you mean by orbital). >So, what does it mean to invest in land in a situation like that? In a post scarcity society nothing has value, why would anyone invest? To solve a nonexistent scarcity problem?