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295. Marian Tupy & Gale Pooley — Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

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Is There a Post Scarcity World?

Few people at the top are actually people who have inherited their wealth. And so eventually these super duper rich families sort of disappear and replaced by others. So i would say that's one thing. The other question you ask, is it possible to imagine a post scarcity world? Ah, yes, if you define scarcity by what you and i desire, but we don't have a maybe you want a better bike. You really can't measure scarcity, because you're comparing it against infinite wants. But you can measure abundance. If it cost you less time, you are becoming more abundant. This relative abundance that we're all enjoying its it's like smart phones. Everybody on this planet is

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