Resource-Based Economy is a great Scientific Theory. Unfortunately in the real world, that's all it is. It is very similar to a Utopian theory. An abundance of resources that does away with the monetary system. One of the main issues with this logic is 'Who or what is providing all these resources?' Until we can develop robot overlords to provide for all of our needs, we are basically stuck providing for ourselves as humans. No matter how efficient a system is, there still has to be someone or something producing resources. That is what currency was designed for. It's a corrupt system, but currency helps level the playing field between producers and consumers. There is always an influx of population. People are always dying and being born. Having a system that uses resources crudely allows for a cushion in population fluctuation. Should there be a dramatic increase in population, an inefficient system can be tweaked to allow for the extra mouths to feed. Efficiency could actually be humanity's downfall. If every bit of energy was accounted for, there would be no more room for growth. The fact that people can LIVE in poverty just goes to show that we have an abundance of resources. In Order for the monetary system to work there has to be poor and rich. Social programs such as Food Stamps and Free Health Care are actually what keep our system working. Without the poor using social programs, money wouldn't have and value.
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"No one is producing natural resources. They come from the Earth."
From a first grade logic that's 100% true. Natural Resources are widely available on the Earth. They do need to be harvested though. Those fish you eat are caught by people. That house you live in was harvested by a lumber company from forests. That water you shower in was piped to you by government infrastructure. So yeah, Natural Resources are provided by the Earth, but inorder for us to use them, they need to be transformed into useable products by humans.
"Money is not a resource but a piece of paper. Contract that has value because you believe that it has."
Money is a currency, which is tradable for resources. Sure you could light it on fire, but you could also use it to purchase something (just because you don't seem to value it doesn't mean society disvalues it.)
"Please, explore RBE better before making underinformed assumptions."
Aside from the terrible grammar in this quote, I think I've blown enough holes in your story with my limited view of RBE with the research I've already done.
Concerning:
"They do need to be harvested though."
Use ROBOT HARVESTERS
Concerning :
"Those fish you eat are caught by people"
Use ROBO-FISHERS
Concerning:
"That water you shower in was piped to you by government infrastructure"
use ROBO-DIGGERS, ROBO-BUILDERS, ROBO-PLUMBERS, ROBO-TRUCKS,
I might disagree with almost everything you say, but the Architecture in the Youtube video was pretty baller.
I do not see any holes blown but underinformed assumptions.
”Aside from the terrible grammar in"
Another logical fallacy. Ad hominem and red herring.
Pathetic attempt to direct conversation towards possible, petty grammar or spelling mistakes.
You are welcome to "educate" me about what was so terribly incorrect in that sentence.
Actually money should represent human energy but we play with its value there lie the problem also the fact that anyone can own all the money aka all the human energy on earth. Money is always exchanged for human work but we have leverage its value to have slaves....some people have no limit, others want to control us with it, it very badly done.
You are very right :-)
100% automation and 100% ressource 100% energy based is at the very least an ideal, a goal, a roadmap, even if it is not possible to achieve it at 100%, even 50% would be super duper awesome. 80% woa we are ballin.
As robot population will increase , overpopulated country populations will decrease. Instead of having fatcat americans who sell out america say "The chinese are gonna go bust just let them crumble under their own weight bla blah bla" why don't we all work together, why don't we pay our respects to all the humans who slaved in swaetshop doing manual labor to emuulate robots, why don't we thank them for their sacrifice?