alt Hacker NewsI actually think the world is a better place when there's at least a bit of scarcity and people can recognize each other for their different talents. A bit of tech is good but when everyone can create endless value in your hypothetical world, people will stop valuing the work of others like they do today.
I think this is always the mindset of people who are on the “correct” side of the previous technological regime.
Placing artificial constraints on output is always a mistake to me.
For example in music you used to have only a small amount of output because studio time was very expensive so you needed a record deal which only came about by an exec picking you. It meant there was some sort of quality bar on the radio, but it also stifled the creativity of everyone who couldn’t get into the studio.
Fast forward and the radio (or pick your curated channel) still exists but no one listens to it because there is an infinite amount of quality (and not quality! which is OK!) music that got created that fits the taste of the artist that was previously locked out.
More people are trying to be artists, but there are also more artists (music) than any time in history making a living.
Lack of scarcity is good. Universal opportunity means more completion, which makes it difficult, but artificially locking out all the people who who would love to compete is not the solution.
Maybe it’s not a good goal to get a billion people to like you or be on your platform, maybe just having a small handful is OK, and finding a small handful that value your work is now possible for a lot more people even if it makes it harder for a ton of people to value that same work.