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Income From Capital Not Labor in Solved World
The solved world need not require all human desires to be satisfied; even if many desire ever more wealth, individuals could not meaningfully increase income through their own labor (like a billionaire earning $5/hour at McDonald's), so income would come from owned capital or social transfers like UBI rather than direct labor.
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Nicholas BostromEvidence Quote
“we would be making all our income from either the capital we own or from social transfers with governments paying UBI or other sources rather than through direct labor”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:04:44 AM
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