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Figuring out a good reason to colonize the solar system An optimal manufacturing and logistics network for the solar system Inventing replicators and dispensi
by hnthrow90348765 1y ago
Figuring out a good reason to colonize the solar system
An optimal manufacturing and logistics network for the solar system
Inventing replicators and dispensing with capitalism
- Timwi 1y agoReplicators won't dispense with capitalism, at least not automatically. Replicators need tremendous energy which can be privately controlled, plus capitalism can maintain minority control over a technology like this via trade secrets etc. and keep selling the technology for high prices. If you're thinking that you can just use a replicator to make more replicators, that's kinda like asking a 3D printer to 3D print another 3D printer, or asking an LLM to just program another LLM. No, we need to dispense with capitalism ourselves instead of hoping for a magical technology to do it for us.