I find myself wondering whether we have even hit the scarcity threshold. Define post-class society where everybodys basic needs are met at comparable costs (as contrast to post-scarcity would be without cost). However even if you are full-time employed it seems that in part of first world countries your healthcare, food and shelter might still be lacking. Having economic traps that keep you down, obstacles to education makes it so that there are positions where having your basic needs met is not possible or disproportionally costly.
If you have an economy that allows for the kind of transactions that will give one person a yacth and deprive 4 persons of shelter, this is unlikely to be constructive for universal progress. Income inequality will keep post-scarcity at arms length if the wealth allows for better entrenchment of class boundaries. That everybody gets more won’t directly touch on the mechanic that you could get more if you create jobs that exploit the blight of others. The real tipping point is where looking out for your society is more practical than for your personal/your companies outlook.
I find myself wondering whether we have even hit the scarcity threshold. Define post-class society where everybodys basic needs are met at comparable costs (as contrast to post-scarcity would be without cost). However even if you are full-time employed it seems that in part of first world countries your healthcare, food and shelter might still be lacking. Having economic traps that keep you down, obstacles to education makes it so that there are positions where having your basic needs met is not possible or disproportionally costly.
If you have an economy that allows for the kind of transactions that will give one person a yacth and deprive 4 persons of shelter, this is unlikely to be constructive for universal progress. Income inequality will keep post-scarcity at arms length if the wealth allows for better entrenchment of class boundaries. That everybody gets more won’t directly touch on the mechanic that you could get more if you create jobs that exploit the blight of others. The real tipping point is where looking out for your society is more practical than for your personal/your companies outlook.