We could have post-scarcity any day now

JDN 2456305 EDT 15:30

 

Within a few years, a decade or two at most, we could easily have a fundamentally new economy, built not around the allocation of limited resources or the maximization of profit, but the satisfaction of human needs. And yet, we may not... for our cultural norms are standing in the way.

Norms, that, on their own, seem reasonable enough: "Everyone should receive in proportion to what they produce." "The best person to make something should be the one who makes it."...