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jimbokuntoday at 4:37 AM2 repliesview on HN

The only reason to imagine that plateau is because it’s painful to imagine a near future where humans have zero economic value.


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goatlovertoday at 9:25 AM

It's not the only reason, technologies do plateau. We're not living in orbiting cities flying fusion powered vehicles around, even though we built rockets and nuclear power more than half a century ago.

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tjrtoday at 4:43 AM

Why is this desirable?

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