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Re:Post-Scarcity Economics (2013) by afarrell on Friday October 20, 2017 @09:51AM (#15515724)
> Healthcare

We'd have to either normalize suicide or prevent aging in order to get to a world where the demand for healthcare is basically met for everyone. Before we even get there, we've still got a lot of people whose healthcare costs are infinite with current technology.

The NHS is fantastic, it doesn't operate in a post-scarcity environment.

Re:Post-Scarcity Economics (2013) by TeMPOraL on Friday October 20, 2017 @10:23AM (#15515993)
Right. Healthcare seems like probably the last thing that has a chance to enter post-scarcity environment, simply because as long as people get sick and die, there's always something to spend more resources on. But solving food and shelter would be a good start.