ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creator to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEvery person in the world now owns a matter replicator, but due to the limitations of the technology, there is a 24-hour cool-down in between each use. How would people use this technology?message-squaremessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1170arrow-down1message-squareEvery person in the world now owns a matter replicator, but due to the limitations of the technology, there is a 24-hour cool-down in between each use. How would people use this technology?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comdeleted by creator to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square142linkfedilinkfile-text
Its a space of 1meter×1meterx1meter, basically a cubic meter where the matter replicator works on. (So, no replicating cars, since its too big) How do you min-max this?
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI don’t think it would. First, you’d have to power the device, which is likely going to take a lot of energy. Second, the device is additive only, so it can’t address issues with built in scarcity like land. Third, there is going to be an interesting middle ground where you still need some forms of manufacturing to run the economy. There will be drastic changes to the economy, but I doubt that communism would fully take over.
I don’t think it would.
First, you’d have to power the device, which is likely going to take a lot of energy.
Second, the device is additive only, so it can’t address issues with built in scarcity like land.
Third, there is going to be an interesting middle ground where you still need some forms of manufacturing to run the economy.
There will be drastic changes to the economy, but I doubt that communism would fully take over.