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Chonkthebonk t1_j87oja4 wrote

Reply to comment by YobaiYamete in Are you prepping just in case? by AvgAIbot

Post scarcity is a myth resources are finite

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YobaiYamete t1_j87q47y wrote

No they aren't lol

We have the entire solar system worth of resources which is already more than we could reasonably use, and then there's the entire galaxy beyond that.

By the time we even started to run out of stuff from the asteroid belt alone, we would long since have reached a stage where we could just upload our brain to a computer instead and live in a digital paradise tailored to each person, without having to screw around with traveling to distant star systems for more

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cwallen t1_j87umdv wrote

Still doesn't mean that there is an unlimited amount of beachfront property in southern California.

Any resources not on earths surface are really expensive to get, and better AI isn't going to change the laws of physics.

I do agree with your earlier idea that mining landfills will become a very good source of resources.

When talking post-scarcity it helps to define scarcity of what. We can eventually hit a point where all basic needs, and many luxury wants are inexpensive enough to be essentially free, but that doesn't mean unlimited everything.

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BenjaminHamnett t1_j87xl4c wrote

Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand physics or human desire

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