sometimes ppl talk abt postscarcity & freedom as "just give everyone their own X" (island, planet, galaxy) and then everyone can do whatever they want... but I'm unsure what % of desires this will satisfy, if each of us is *alone* or only with willing participants...
these desires bother me & also seem important- as humans we are social animals, we need love and care to grow into healthy interdependent adults .... but who should be obligated to care if no one is finding it intrinsically rewarding to care for you?
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Tweet · Dec 4, 2023what will become more scarce when we achieve "post-scarcity"?Reply · Apr 24, 2023@will_from_mars_ yeah I do kinda think human desires cannot all be satisfied in a single universeRepost · Jan 26, 2023RT @vibronet: Imagining a post-scarcity world doesn’t warrant behaving like you are already living in one. Not for long, anywayReply · Nov 16, 2024@teodor_io the shift from "postscarcity" to "abundance" was to acknowledge there will always be particular status symbols & relative luxuries in short…