Re:Economists are revising their views on robots and jobs
by contingencies on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:40PM
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Are we already post-scarcity?
Thanks to industrialization, in the first and second world yes for basic food, clothing and shelter, as well as other mass-consumed products.
Things that remain (increasingly) scarce in my view - globally - are broadly educated people, political/economic/behavioral freedoms, unspoiled nature and the temporal wealth and whim to access it regularly.
Thanks to industrialization, in the first and second world yes for basic food, clothing and shelter, as well as other mass-consumed products.
Things that remain (increasingly) scarce in my view - globally - are broadly educated people, political/economic/behavioral freedoms, unspoiled nature and the temporal wealth and whim to access it regularly.