Good points all around.

Because it's a small price to pay to understand some big ideas.

Worth spending 15 minutes reading, and another 15 minutes re-reading.

Do you think a tax credit system like the one above would cause the new Austin conference center team to re-design their new building?

There is a flavor of this idea that exists already in the form of religious buildings.

In many places, churches don't pay local property taxes.

Now, of course the exemption isn't because of the beauty and durability of a particular church, but it is interesting to note that in many cities, their churches are some of the most beautiful buildings and have often stood for centuries.

I like the optimism sir!

Centralization asks "can this idea scale?"

Decentralization asks "can this idea spread?"

Good idea, could also probably work for police officers

When you say infrastructure, what other places could this kind of system work?

Can this solve for plumbing, electricity, sewage, etc...?

So AI will be used to make sure all the sensors are always lined up correctly?

Nice, on the surface it looks sort of similar to the Boston Dynamics/Tesla/Figure humanoids, is there a unique angle that this product is taking? Or a new set of use cases that they are aiming to solve?

My first thought was Tesla's Optimus robots using AI models and vision to perform more complex human labor tasks, but even that is flirting with the "already a consensus belief" line.

Appreciate your responses, but each one drifts further from the original topic.

I should specify new technology. In the past, new technology was the way we produced more with less. Now, if we are solving a different problem (producing better or throttling desire for more food/entertainment), what kinds of new technology matter most?

Separate question but related to the main idea... what role does technology play in this change?

We’re all hard-wired to treat food as scarce, and for most of human history, it was.