Comment by golemotron
10 months ago
That's a very 'Star Trek' view of human nature. History shows that whenever we solve problems we create new ones. When material scarcity is solved, we'll move to other forms of scarcity. In fact, it is already happening. Massive connectivity has made status more scarce. You could be the best guitarist in your town but today you compare yourself to all of the guitarists that you see on Instagram rather than the local ones.
Well, once you've solved AGI and material scarcity, you can just trick that side of your brain that craves status by simulating a world where you're important. Imo we're already doing a very primitive version of that with flatscreen gaming.