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Top Bitcoin Holder: Ask AI To Do THIS, Stop Trying To Out-Work The Robots! | Michael Saylor
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Elon's Age of Abundance — Is Saylor Convinced?
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Bartlett reads Musk's argument verbatim: AI will produce goods and services in such excess that money becomes mere information and the true constraints will be energy and mass, not finance. Saylor's response is measured and precise: he is half-right. Utilitarian goods — water, heat, food, medical care, transportation — will become cheap and abundant, as technology gave the middle class everything King Henry VIII lacked. But scarce desirable goods — a Hamptons house, a private jet, a $38 specialty tequila — will not become abundant because human aspirations are infinitely elastic. He illustrates the hierarchy with the restaurant drink order: from a cup of water to a Coca-Cola to vodka to premium tequila. Even if everyone gets universal healthcare, people will want private healthcare. Money will not disappear; it will simply flow toward the ever-receding horizon of premium and exclusive experiences.
Elon Musk argues money becomes irrelevant when AI provides everything. Saylor disagrees. Basic goods will become abundant and cheap — but scarce, desirable things like private jets, Hamptons houses, and premium experiences will always command a premium. Status hierarchies are hardwired.
