Nobody Rations a PDF: Can AI Push Physical Goods Into Abundance?
r0ck3t23 · x · 2026-09-26
The author defines abundance as supply so large that scarcity stops mattering — information already works this way, since copying a file costs near zero and nobody rations a PDF. The open question: how much of the physical economy can AI and robotics eventually push into that same regime.
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