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Food is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free.

Transportation is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free.

Shelter is of utility to everyone, of course it should be free.



I agree with all that you said. But I fear our civilization will never become advanced enough (politically & socially) to bring that. We can share map data today though.


Those all have significant marginal cost.


The marginal cost of all of those is dropping. If you can automate mobility (Self-driving EVs), the production of housing (3D printed homes), and farming (automated planting, maintenance, harvesting), you can indeed provide it all for free.


Land is still a scarce resource.


Dropping, yes, but not yet (and plausibly not ever) in the same ballpark as data.


Free as in speech, of course, not price.




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