Art. Even if I had the skill to make it in the same quality, I would probably enjoy art made by someone else more; for example because I don’t know how the story will end.
Invention. I can invent a gadget, and you can invent a gadget, but if we trade, we will have invented two gadgets in one unit of time.
In both cases, the missing magic is artificial intelligence.
I assume that the artificial intelligence would not be considered a “trade partner”, but either a private property or a public service.
Like, when your car drives you across the town in return for gasoline, we do not call it “trade”. But when a person drives you in a rickshaw, and receives food in return, this is called “trade”.
Therefore, to eliminate trade completely, you need a non-person who can provide you anything you would otherwise need from a person. In my example, surprises and new inventions.
Another is leisure. People would still need breaks and want to use the work they had done in the past to purchase the ability to stay at a beach resort for a while.
Things worth buying in a Matrix universe:
Art. Even if I had the skill to make it in the same quality, I would probably enjoy art made by someone else more; for example because I don’t know how the story will end.
Invention. I can invent a gadget, and you can invent a gadget, but if we trade, we will have invented two gadgets in one unit of time.
In both cases, the missing magic is artificial intelligence.
Why is the missing thing AI?
I assume that the artificial intelligence would not be considered a “trade partner”, but either a private property or a public service.
Like, when your car drives you across the town in return for gasoline, we do not call it “trade”. But when a person drives you in a rickshaw, and receives food in return, this is called “trade”.
Therefore, to eliminate trade completely, you need a non-person who can provide you anything you would otherwise need from a person. In my example, surprises and new inventions.
Another is leisure. People would still need breaks and want to use the work they had done in the past to purchase the ability to stay at a beach resort for a while.