Whatever resources they consume are not going to impoverish anyone else.
I think I read something different from what you really meant, because that's not true by the very definition of resource.
Maybe it would if they were being allocated on an international basis, but that's a silly thing to expect.
I don't think it's silly, in the sense that the future will see a lessening of national borders and national exploitation of resources.
There are already strong immigration/emigration fluxes, and the future is probably going to bring about an increase in population, less and less arable land due to global warming, and the global resources of oil, coltan, uranium and the like are obviously thinning.
I don't feel these predictions come from a dystopic novel, they are logical extrapolations of the trends already happening: if something big (e.g. AI) doesn't happen in this century, that is the most likely scenario.
I think I read something different from what you really meant, because that's not true by the very definition of resource.
I meant items like food, water, appliances, etc. Otherwise, yes, we're down to a semantic quibble over what "resource" means, which I don't think is very helpful.
I don't think it's silly, in the sense that the future will see a lessening of national borders and national exploitation of resources.
Certainly it is. If there are not enough resources to keep seven billion people at a reasonable standard of living, what poss...
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