I'd be living on a planet outside of the federation having gene edited myself to immortality, and then I'd be doing whatever I want for the rest of my long ass live.
@PatrickoftheG Might want to watch those episodes again - a lot of colonies that 100% still had scarcity (all those "we're delivering desperately needed supplies" episodes...)
It's funny because we're living in a post-scarcity society right now, we make more food than anyone can eat. In fact, many ancient societies were post-scarcity, because there just wasn't any scarcity. Scarcity tends to be a temporary state that eliminates itself either by starvation, migration, imports, or ecological recovery. The modern myth that everything is scarce always all the time pretty much only exists so you won't notice the rich guy pocketing all the abundance for himself.
So that's why Star Trek has starving miners even though replicators are a thing.
@anyGould Oh, I just want the fancy genetic engineering that I know is available out there. After that I wouldn't mind going back to live in the federation again.
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I'd be living on a planet outside of the federation having gene edited myself to immortality, and then I'd be doing whatever I want for the rest of my long ass live.
Imagine joining Starfleet?
You'd have to be ill or vainglorious to do that.
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in reply to anyGould • • •It's funny because we're living in a post-scarcity society right now, we make more food than anyone can eat. In fact, many ancient societies were post-scarcity, because there just wasn't any scarcity. Scarcity tends to be a temporary state that eliminates itself either by starvation, migration, imports, or ecological recovery. The modern myth that everything is scarce always all the time pretty much only exists so you won't notice the rich guy pocketing all the abundance for himself.
So that's why Star Trek has starving miners even though replicators are a thing.
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Just off to drain the Jeffries tube, sir!
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Even worse, we could be the unknown character...
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Dark side of a Jovian Moon? Sign me up!
Since transporters have a largish range, I could commute from Earth to Io or some other place like that every morning. I would not mind at all.