> If/when we reach the stage where material wealth is equivolent to
> information then, finally, there will be universal abundance. With that
> will come the end of the need to work for one's living. This would lay
> the ground work for practical Marxism.
In a world where everyone is a trillionaire, the guy with ten trillion
still gets the girl, the better spaceship, the asteroid in the better
neighborhood, more friends, and more opportunities. The very concept
of "enough" is ridiculous, with no place in Extropian thought. It is
at odds with conservation of mass-energy and the desire to expand.
Equality is for ants.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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