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Re:OpenAI LP by tim333 on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:24PM (#19361410)
re 1) there may be no scarcity of food and widgets but there is only so much beachfront land. Money probably won't be worthless.
Re:OpenAI LP by komali2 on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:43PM (#19361612)
I hear you, but not everyone wants beachfront land. Furthermore, I do believe it would be possible to give everyone a way to wake up and see a beach, particularly in a post-scarcity world. I mean, let your imagination run wild - filling out existent islands, artificial island, towers, etc.
Re:OpenAI LP by ivalm on Monday March 11, 2019 @02:52PM (#19361703)
But there will be always preference. Whenever there is preference for finite resources (even if that resource is "number of meter from celebrity X") there needs to be a method for allocation.. which currently is money.
Re:OpenAI LP by nightski on Monday March 11, 2019 @03:16PM (#19361897)
But if money is only useful to buy luxury things like beachfront land is it really going to be useful as a currency of exchange?