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Originally Posted by freebeard
Wrong from one end to the other. Since 1981 [Critical Path]:
Consumption times intelligence.
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I appreciate many of his reframes, as I'm of a similar nature to not accept things without scrutinizing it for myself.
The word wealth has a meaning that most every roughly conceives of the same way, and surviving a long time doesn't fit in with that definition. If a genie were to offer a person the most minimal provisions of food, water, and shelter for as long as they live, or a million bucks, everyone picks the million because surviving in this modern western place is easy, but excess is fun and presents more opportunities.
Our wealth (and Bucky's) was and is afforded by leveraging organic chemistry, and this will likely remain so for years to come.