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Re:Save like a pessimist, invest like an optimist by marvin on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:32PM (#25095827)
General artificial intelligence, once we figure it out, will cause an increase in the annual economic growth more extreme than even the industrial revolution caused. Either that or a disaster, but hopefully the former.

Anyone who thinks we will run out of things to create just lacks imagination. There's so much stuff we'd really, really like to have but haven't been able to economically create yet. Medicine, body modifications, automation of all that's boring, cheaper manufacturing of everything, entertainment, recreation, transport, space habitats and almost anything else you can imagine.

Re:Save like a pessimist, invest like an optimist by xchaotic on Saturday November 14, 2020 @05:45PM (#25096376)
But as things get automated and cheaper that’s actually negative gdp growth. So it won’t pay your retirement
Re:Save like a pessimist, invest like an optimist by chii on Saturday November 14, 2020 @08:41PM (#25097373)
If things get cheaper, you can live off less income from your investments .
Re:Save like a pessimist, invest like an optimist by marvin on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:16AM (#25101794)
Yep, and in such a world, a reasonable level of taxation would eventually be able to pay for a modest lifestyle for everyone who wanted it.

In a world of such dramatic surplus, it's either that or violent revolution, so I'm fairly sure it would sort itself out.