Imagine there's no scarcity
when you no longer have to work to live, will you still want to live?
when intelligence is free, will you still trust your own?
when energy is limitless, will anything feel earned?
the zero cost world is not some glowing technoheaven. it’s ego death at civilizational scale. it’s the disintegration of “i matter because i do.” and most are wildly... See more
when intelligence is free, will you still trust your own?
when energy is limitless, will anything feel earned?
the zero cost world is not some glowing technoheaven. it’s ego death at civilizational scale. it’s the disintegration of “i matter because i do.” and most are wildly... See more
signull • the zero cost world is coming & it’s going to break your brain
"We weren’t born to do jobs."
Bill Gates says jobs are a relic of human scarcity. In a world without shortages, society will be able to produce enough—food, healthcare, services—without everyone working.
The real shift won’t be economic. It’ll be reprogramming how we think about purpose... See more
vitrupox.comBy way of contrast, the ideal of limitlessness consumption serves the modern economy quite well, but it does not serve the person well at all. [2] This ideal imparts to us all a spirit of scarcity that darkens our experience: not enough time, not enough attention, not enough capacity to care. But upon what does this spirit feed? It feeds, in part,
... See moreL. M. Sacasas • The Art of Living
What would a society look like if it achieved enough wealth to free everyone from scarcity.
