When people lose basic material scarcity (food, shelter), they pursue other forms of scarcity and meaning; anthropological evidence suggests that even when basic needs are met, people engage in ritualistic and meaningful activities.
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Stephen WolframEvidence Quote
“there have been periods of of thousands of years where there have been you know groups where well here's the funny thing where people say you know their basic necessities were taken care of they lived in a place where they could you know just pick the pick berries off off bushes to eat and and so on and uh and [1:50:59] then then you ask well what did the people do in that situation and the a common anthropological statement I haven't really dug dug deep in this. So I don't know I don't know how much I believe this but the statement that's made is well people do these go into these very ritualistic kinds of behaviors”
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The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!" – What’s Coming NEXT | Stephen Wolfram— Sean KimCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:32:55 AM
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