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Cryptizard t1_j2i2sb5 wrote

I think it is more likely that we actually fix (most of) the problems in the real world first, before we get to that level of tech. The huge increase in GDP and resources we are going to get from even near-future AI is going to mean a lot less competition is necessary.

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just-a-dreamer- OP t1_j2i4kv0 wrote

Doesn't look like it. Warren Buffet says that the top 400 people in the US had 92 billion $ in assets combined in 1982. As of 2022 it is 2.1 trillion $. The trend is accelerating.

The rich are destroying the poor and that is just how this world seems to work and operate in general. It is hell. The only solution is to not participate in the material world.

If people could find a way to leave the material world behind at large and still exist and experience in a digital world, they can create their world however they see fit.

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Cryptizard t1_j2ija0e wrote

Lol the world is not hell. Literally every metric of well-being has increased steadily around the world in the last century. Get some perspective.

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just-a-dreamer- OP t1_j2ilbsb wrote

At least in the developed world standards of living are declining, especially in the US it seems.

That being said, living condiditions in the developing world have dramaticly improved over the last 50 years, from a low bar.

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Cryptizard t1_j2imdha wrote

Median wages in the US are down because of COVID, but prior to that they were at an all time high. Home ownership fluctuates, but was near all time high as well. Even now, it is only down 3 percent from all time high. Percent of people graduating high school and college is at an all time high.

Pick any statistic and people are doing better than they were 50 years ago. You are just very, very young and so you think if your life sucks it must be someone else’s fault. You also have no idea what it really means for your life to suck. Don’t worry, you will figure it out eventually.

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