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Consumption | the singularity is nearer

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Oh the dream. We all travel. Vacation forever. Live life as digital nomads. See beautiful things, eat amazing food, journey to distant lands…

Oh the dream. We all travel. Vacation forever. Live life as digital nomads. See beautiful things, eat amazing food, journey to distant lands… But we can’t. Somebody has to build the things. Somebody has to cook the food. And I don’t think you imagine these distant lands like camping without any supplies. It’s making less and less rational sense to stay in one place and create things when money is basically free. And it’s a tragedy of the commons, as more and more people spend more and more of their time consuming, there’s less and less to consume. I heard once that consumption vs creation was

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