Buying gold and silver.

[Lycanthrope]

Lol wut? How are you going to pay for stuff??

wont have to, or people will be allocated credit of some sort for existing, kinda like a universal basic income. According to him, we have always lived in a world of scarcity, but we are entering an age of abundance, where everyone will have all their basic needs met, and likely much more. The real 'challenge' might be how people will determine value and maintain self worth in a society where jobs are a thing of the past and all needs are met. Competition for resources may be unnecessary. That is one of the main factors that women use for mate selection. In the future, if we get to the point where resources arent a primary factor in reproduction, likely physical attraction and personality traits and maybe even genetic screening might be used for selection, hard to say for sure I guess. With current birth rates, the global population of humans might plummet in the next century or so.

 

[guywhofishes]

Virtually everyone has potentially idle hands? If I know people, they're gonna find a way to make trouble with all that free time.

Good grief - talk about a recipe for hell on earth.

 

[NDbowman]

wont have to, or people will be allocated credit of some sort for existing, kinda like a universal basic income. According to him, we have always lived in a world of scarcity, but we are entering an age of abundance, where everyone will have all their basic needs met, and likely much more. The real 'challenge' might be how people will determine value and maintain self worth in a society where jobs are a thing of the past and all needs are met. Competition for resources may be unnecessary. That is one of the main factors that women use for mate selection. In the future, if we get to the point where resources arent a primary factor in reproduction, likely physical attraction and personality traits and maybe even genetic screening might be used for selection, hard to say for sure I guess. With current birth rates, the global population of humans might plummet in the next century or so.

So is Elon giving up or spending his money? I doubt it.

 

[KDM]

wont have to, or people will be allocated credit of some sort for existing, kinda like a universal basic income. According to him, we have always lived in a world of scarcity, but we are entering an age of abundance, where everyone will have all their basic needs met, and likely much more. The real 'challenge' might be how people will determine value and maintain self worth in a society where jobs are a thing of the past and all needs are met. Competition for resources may be unnecessary. That is one of the main factors that women use for mate selection. In the future, if we get to the point where resources arent a primary factor in reproduction, likely physical attraction and personality traits and maybe even genetic screening might be used for selection, hard to say for sure I guess. With current birth rates, the global population of humans might plummet in the next century or so.

Virtually no chance of this happening IMO. Greed is VASTLY more powerful to the human condition than empathy, selfless actions, or utopian motivators of any kind. If by some minuscule chance this process was to be initiated, I rather doubt the wealthy elites will give up their financial positions, status, power, and all other trappings of being rich in an effort to elevate the plebs to lives of comfort and abundance. Selfishness is universal in humans, selflessness is a rarity. Sad, but just the way it is. Very few people would willingly labor when all their needs are being met. Just look at the welfare recipients currently on the books. Now make that nationwide. People would have to be forced to go do construction, farming, oil production, or essentially any other job. I agree with guy. What a recipe for disaster.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Virtually no chance of this happening IMO. Greed is VASTLY more powerful to the human condition than empathy, selfless actions, or utopian motivators of any kind. If by some minuscule chance this process was to be initiated, I rather doubt the wealthy elites will give up their financial positions, status, power, and all other trappings of being rich in an effort to elevate the plebs to lives of comfort and abundance. Selfishness is universal in humans, selflessness is a rarity. Sad, but just the way it is. Very few people would willingly labor when all their needs are being met. Just look at the welfare recipients currently on the books. Now make that nationwide. People would have to be forced to go do construction, farming, oil production, or essentially any other job. I agree with guy. What a recipe for disaster.

there will always be an elite class, as long as humans are in control, no doubt about that. I didnt say all 'wealth' would be distributed equally, just that many are predicting that everyone will have a very comfortable level of existence with little to no labor required. You are assuming humans will be required for all those industries, think bigger. Elon is also predicting that humanoid robots will outnumber actual humans on earth in the not distant future. Of course hes moving into the 'robot' business, but hes got a nack for predicting the future, even if his timeframes arent always perfect. Also you are assuming that humans will control things, again think bigger. When/if we end up with a superintelligent AI, there is virtually no chance that humans will be able to control it forever.

 

[Maddog]

I hope to be long gone by then.

 

[Lycanthrope]

I hope to be long gone by then.

Depends on your age. Aging is also a problem that its possible AI will solve.