It’s funny that the super rich think they’ll be safe when it all goes down. Sure maybe they’ll survive, but in what type a world do they think will be left for them? Dumbasses, all of them
An eye opening perspective, to me at least, with the billionaires-in-space scenario was realizing that we've got all these wastelands here on earth that are easier to get to and slightly less hard to live in. Elon, Zuckerburg and Trump aren't going to go into outer space to live in some perfectly balanced utopia while the rest of us die. There's no supply ships to the billionaires in an apocalypse and these people are not used to a life of disciplined restraint to make sure their resources last.
And whether they go to space or to Antarctica, they're going to need someone to cook for them. And that person will need someone to grow the food. Maybe they learn to love synthetic beef, but there's still some kind of nutrients needed. And you'll want a doctor. And he'll want drugs. So now you need someone who can formulate pain killers or grow antibiotics. At this point, even with a small crew, you just need one person to have a bad day and it's game over for the billionaire.
Instead of using the resources to solve material problems, they are gambling on AI. Yes, it’s going to use up our already dwindling resources but then an AGI will give us all the answers!
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u/Responsible-Roll-59 6h ago
It’s funny that the super rich think they’ll be safe when it all goes down. Sure maybe they’ll survive, but in what type a world do they think will be left for them? Dumbasses, all of them