what is status in a world thats moved out of the age of scarcity that humans have been in since existence?
I really don’t think there will be any kind of status except maybe politics. How can you be certain that in a society of plenty “there is a limited amount of status”? No society has ever been there before.
To your first point, I agree. Comparing the past to the future, saying well we weren’t right about telecommunting’s consequences so we definitely cant now be correct about a different technologies consequences is silly.
what is status in a world thats moved out of the age of scarcity that humans have been in since existence?
Hanging out with the cool kids; summering in the Hamptons; having a balcony on Central Park West; having courtside seats at Knicks games; sending your children to Harvard, just to name a few things.
All of these things are scarce and are likely to remain so no matter how wealthy the world gets.
what is status in a world thats moved out of the age of scarcity that humans have been in since existence?
I really don’t think there will be any kind of status except maybe politics. How can you be certain that in a society of plenty “there is a limited amount of status”? No society has ever been there before.
To your first point, I agree. Comparing the past to the future, saying well we weren’t right about telecommunting’s consequences so we definitely cant now be correct about a different technologies consequences is silly.
Hanging out with the cool kids; summering in the Hamptons; having a balcony on Central Park West; having courtside seats at Knicks games; sending your children to Harvard, just to name a few things.
All of these things are scarce and are likely to remain so no matter how wealthy the world gets.