> Sounds a lot like clothing is now “post scarcity”. Only a tiny step further along the path towards post scarcity. One of the parts of post scarcity that is r

> Sounds a lot like clothing is now “post scarcity”. Only a tiny step further along the path towards post scarcity. One of the parts of post scarcity that is rarely covered are the full ramifications of increasing mastery over matter and energy. Trash is a civilization's admission its technology and science haven't yet mastered how to use low embedded energy, the same way money implies poverty (h/t Iain M. Banks).