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We have already "Star Trek style replicators", at least for information. They're called "digital computers". But humanity isn't ready to handle that it seems.
by still_grokking 5y ago
We have already "Star Trek style replicators", at least for information. They're called "digital computers".
But humanity isn't ready to handle that it seems.
- robbedpeter 5y agoBut if people are free from scarcity, how will Apple and Google continue making trillions of dollars? Corporations are people, too! /s
- cblconfederate 5y agothat is exactly what parent said. information replication is free, but it has been siloed by the large coprorations because big tech trumps prosperity . Looks like star trek got their abundance utopia wrong.