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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yeah, all that digital food sure is delicious. I'll never have a steak again!
For the record, I agree we are on the cusp of a post scarcity economy, but only if we change our habits and integrate it properly (solar energy, hydroponic crops, cheap filters for freshwater, etc..).
But I believe we are, at the same time, at or close to the peak of a scarcity economy. Energy crisis, war, widespread poverty/starvation, ever-widening wealth gaps. All of that stuff is coming to a head and is purely our own making. We really need a global attitude adjustment in order to fend off our own extinction.
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War, poverty/starvation, and wealth gaps are at the best they've ever been. There's never been so few wars and so little bloodshed. There's never been less starvation and the wealth gap in the world (depending on definition) has never been better.
Most of what you are describing can be attributed to access to information to let us know what's actually going on elsewhere