"In the future if we can solve the problem of producing resources enough for everyone."
The future is now. The problem is solved. We produce enough for everyone and more but fail to distribute it and that is a great cause of pessimism for me about far future dreams like exploring the solar system, or expanding beyond the planet.
We can look at a solved problem and pretend it isn't solved because ... ?
Well you explain it to me. #resources #space #future
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I recall somewhere a conversation about Star Trek's replicators, someone saying they'd solve for inequality
And someone responded that they had it backwards; Trek got replicators because they […]
@futurebird so the problem isn't producing but distribution.
And the underlying problem to that is globalism and large business models.
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