And by surprised you probably mean "not really surprised" hm? Just in case btw.: the world tends to get poorer in material ressources since around the 70s e.g.

And by surprised you probably mean "not really surprised" hm? Just in case btw.: the world tends to get poorer in material ressources since around the 70s e.g. regarding habitable space, harvestable energy and the destruction of the integrity of earths biosphere - lots of things that establish value that is not bound to labour. Knowledgework isn't everything, some tend to forget that.