Not the Bee
@Not_the_Bee · Apr 18, 2026
abundance is high, that’s fine. But money doesn’t just buy necessities. It buys luxuries. And if everybody has a billion dollars, nobody really does. If money means nothing, what determines who gets the penthouse suite? I think poverty and starvation can go away, but how do we
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Actually, AI/Robotics will mean everyone can have a penthouse if they want. The output of goods & services will be several orders of magnitude higher than today’s economy.
Read the Iain Banks Culture books for the best imagining of how it will be.
That said, what is the future you want? Amazing abundance seems the best to me.
07:44 PM · April 18, 2026 · 3.3M views
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