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Oh, nah, we're definitely not post-scarcity. If the whole world's population used resources at the rate that the US population does, we'd need 4.9 Earths. So:
by Windchaser 1y ago
Oh, nah, we're definitely not post-scarcity. If the whole world's population used resources at the rate that the US population does, we'd need 4.9 Earths.
So: getting the whole world up to US standards of living is going to take a lot of changes to lifestyle or technological advances. Both of these are scarcity issues.
- bratwurst3000 1y agoi think we are post scarcity in the sense of there is enough food, medical supplys, housing and smartphones for the whole world but 90% of the resources go to the "west" or are burned at place
- insane_dreamer 1y ago> If the whole world's population used resources at the rate that the US population does Why would the US's wasteful use of resources be the benchmark for "sufficiency"? There's enough food to feed the world, and enough raw materials to produce the things we need. The problem is not scarcity of resources, it's distribution of resources.