Graham Cooper
10/11/2012 12:01:00 AM
On Oct 11, 9:26 am, "Trevor" <tre...@home.net> wrote:
> "Wolfgang Wildeblood" <wolfgangwildebl...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:36bf4dcb-4c9d-41e1-8b7f-6772ef5632f8@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com...
> Superhuman AI will improve itself at an exponentially increasing rate
> then revolutionize all industrial processes almost instantaneously,
> ushering in a post-scarcity economy. Everyone will be able to live in
> a mansion, drive a supercar feast like a king, travel anywhere on
> earth for free, and have as many iPhones as they want.
>
> The only "commodities" that will be in short supply will be love,
> companionship, and similar intangible, touchy-feely nonsense. That's
> where the next round of super-fortunes will be made. In fact, it's
> where the last round of fortunes will be made. In a post-scarcity
> economy profits made from physical goods and services will be
> negligible, and making fortunes from them impossible.
>
> Two things follow:-
>
> If you want to make a fortune get into the industries that derive
> profit from human loneliness - cam-whores or something like that.
>
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>
> What drugs have you been taking? The real shortages will be raw materials,
> land, food, water, breathable air etc for the 10-20+ Billion people on the
> planet by then.
> Where the hell are you going to put those "mansions" for all of them, not to
> mention roads for all of those "supercars".
>
> Trevor.
there might be some competition who gets the beachfront ones!
the Govt. infrastracture for new places to live doesn't have to be
that expensive.
1 Build the bitumen roads an extra 20 miles out of the towns and
cities.
2 Set up the fence lines.
3 Install a septic tank
4 Lot of Industrial bins every 10km
5 Ensure mobile towers cover the area.
****
that's pretty much all I have set up. apart from drought areas which
you shouldn't inhabit in the first place, (not until desalination
plants are setup anyway..)
The Power & Water can all be done in house. (on house!)
I had a shed, water tank, and septic tank installed, and setup hot
showers, flushable loo, kitchen, fridge, power, lights, etc. etc. all
with camping gear!
It's like Public Libraries, don't need them now! We only need the
services we can't do ourselves, roads, communications.
The water pipes, power lines, sewerage pipes, phone lines...
all the connections to every house in the city you don't need any of
them!
You should be able to get a $100,000 3 bed house 20 mins out of town!
Govt. doesn't want a new "lower class" paying a cheap mortgage having
free time!
Herc