Netyaroze said:
sc94597 said:
Netyaroze said:
sc94597 said:
Netyaroze said:
There is only one solution to all of that. We need to invent robot workers that can do any work task. That way everybody can be rich. |
Only if the state has a monopoly on these workers, the means of production, and redistrubtes the product of their work, equally. All of which would be unlikely. The issue isn't that work isn't being done, but rather how efficiently it is done and the means and numbers by which the product is distributed.
The economic calculation problem acts as an obstacle (some say "makes it impossible") for planners to efficiently determine which areas of production are most valuable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_calculation_problem
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It doesn`t matter how the distribution is if there are 10 robot workers per human everybody will be able to consume anything their heart desires. Amassing money will become pointless. If you can build those robots out of easily attainable material you can build workers that build workers they will cost only the energy cost as anything else will be done by the robots themselfs. We could build 100 Billion robot workers for 10 Billion people. They can easily produce enough to make everyone rich by todays standards. Its just a question of energy and technology in the end. Also there is the fear factor of losing control to the robots at one point.
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Resources are still limited in your scenario. People would still have to trade.
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Not necessarily. We can easily send those robots into space cheap in tiny capsules without lifesupport and way back to earth who then can mine asteroids and send anything of value back to earth. They could get their energy throúgh the sun in space. The ressource problem wouldn`t be that big of a deal if we would harness energy and material in space through the robots.
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Different people will have different robots suited to this, based on the resources they've attained on earth. Some people can have robots that are more suitable to mining asteroids, and are more efficient. In your scenario nobody is poor, but not everybody is equal as well.
