i figure there are new ways to automate watering, and maybe harvesting in the near future. both can be done at large scale already, and neither were available in WW2.

By using my eyeballs

Yeah just assuming humans keep finding new, more powerful sources of energy has me skeptical that this trend will hold... but I'm also skeptical that energy usage will continue to be so strongly correlated to human flourishing.

For almost all of human history, we have struggled to secure enough resources on demand, and more energy usage typically meant more likelihood of securing those resources.

But this is the first generation ever where we're truly living in a world of abundance. The issue (for nearly everyone in the developed world) isn't a lack of food, water, shelter, etc. More energy doesn't pack the same punch it used to.

Hmm, perhaps in a world without IP laws, status becomes more important than the financial returns of creating a walled garden.

For example, if anyone can copy or remix anything without consequences, you could imagine artists using that as a metric of success. If everyone copies you, you might not make as much money directly from your work, but you’ll have more of a status legacy.

Interesting ideas, I wonder if that means we see more or fewer re-mix movies. Lately, Hollywood seems to have found a cheat code where they make lots of sequel and three-quel movies instead of coming up with entirely new stories to tell.

I wonder if we'll form markets for "authentic" content like we form markets for authentic collectibles.

Appreciate the European perspective too, I was more thinking about Asia.

Interesting, I guess you could disable the screen recording feature on any laptops that are playing it kind of like how Kindle's web viewer doesn't let you copy/paste text.

Doesn't stop someone from using a separate device to record the movie like how people used to bring camcorders into movie theaters, but it's a start.

Why doesn't encryption prevent the distribution of "illegal" copies of books, movies, and music today?

If you were in charge of making sure a new movie earned enough money to cover it's production budget in a post-IP world, what privacy measures would you be considering using?

Are there measures that aren't quite useful enough today, but might be in the future if more money was spent on them?

What does a user flow look like? Can you walk me through it?

How does one secretly distribute movies, books, or music?

For sure, rabbit holes require internet too

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I appreciate the thoughtful response, I think you're getting at the core of my question here. I don't think anyone at Toyota is "actively resisting" chaos or distraction, their system keeps everything in check.

What are the ways one can improve their workspace to achieve similar levels of efficiency online?