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Sure, if you define the word rich as "owns more than a naked caveman" then everyone is rich in the world I suppose. But you are just playing words games.

• chii 5y ago
  but if you define rich as "having more than your fellow human beings", then you cannot ever have everyone be rich. But that definition is not what most people would use.
  • staticman2 5y ago
    I'd maybe define a rich person as "someone who is capable of working but does not need to labor ever again in order to have a comfortable amount of food, water, shelter, and medical care." Everyone probably cannot be rich like this unless we invent some sort of frighteningly advanced automation to take care of our basic needs.
    • kopochameleon 5y ago
      > unless [the exact scenario Naval is talking about] Good example of "all or nothing thinking" here. "Toiling every day on the backs of humans for our every need" OR "Frighteningly advanced automation" — reality is higher fidelity than that. We're already SO far towards the latter scenario (washing our clothes magically with the press of a button), painting it as a dichotomy only serves to highlight how out of touch with reality the immutable scarcity worldview is.
  • des1nderlase 5y ago
    Or is it? Being rich is a moving target. The same as being successful.