Mastodawn

At the sound of the replicator, it will be #utopia o'clock.

Low-cost matter replication is the one big thing that humanity needs to move forward. Being able to copy things as easily as we copy computer files would go a long way toward solving humanity's problems.

Not least of which being that components for our other endeavors (like AI, space travel, and fusion power) are expensive. Not so expensive any more if you can make just one and then copy it endlessly, yes?

#PostScarcity

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ARGVMI~1.PIF 6h ago

I've heard some say that this would make humanity lazy and unproductive. There's even a movie along those lines.

My siblings in Sheogorath, lazying around all day is BORING! Who the hell wants to just sit around in a chair all day when there's gadgets to design, pictures to paint, and places to explore?

Sure, manual labor isn't going to be much of a thing any more, but there's more to life than that.

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jay_chi

@argv_minus_one ref:
"The Diamond Age"
-Neal Stephenson