I can think of two different ways property rights might disappear:
Our new overlords extinguish existing property rights and establish some new system for distributing resources of their choosing based on some other principle.
Resources are so abundant that ownership is irrelevant.
If you’re preparing for #2, then you probably just want to invest in all the “things money can’t buy” because you’ll have the rest.
If you’re preparing for #1, it’s hard to predict what the principle might be. Conditional on not dying, either we’re dealing with a benevolent-ish AI overlord (and you’re probably fine; doing things like living justly are probably a good idea if that’s going to be rewarded) or we’re dealing with an AI overlord that is subject to some kind of human control (maybe the future is really being run by Anthropic’s corporate leadership or something). In that case, responsible retirement planning is probably finding a way to get close to that in-group.
I’m thinking mostly of #1 and your thought seems reasonable there. #2 doesn’t make sense to me, since the number of galaxies is finite and, barring #1, there are several reasons for competition over even extremely abundant resources—Red Queen geopolitical races, people who want to own position goods, etc.
I can think of two different ways property rights might disappear:
Our new overlords extinguish existing property rights and establish some new system for distributing resources of their choosing based on some other principle.
Resources are so abundant that ownership is irrelevant.
If you’re preparing for #2, then you probably just want to invest in all the “things money can’t buy” because you’ll have the rest.
If you’re preparing for #1, it’s hard to predict what the principle might be. Conditional on not dying, either we’re dealing with a benevolent-ish AI overlord (and you’re probably fine; doing things like living justly are probably a good idea if that’s going to be rewarded) or we’re dealing with an AI overlord that is subject to some kind of human control (maybe the future is really being run by Anthropic’s corporate leadership or something). In that case, responsible retirement planning is probably finding a way to get close to that in-group.
I’m thinking mostly of #1 and your thought seems reasonable there. #2 doesn’t make sense to me, since the number of galaxies is finite and, barring #1, there are several reasons for competition over even extremely abundant resources—Red Queen geopolitical races, people who want to own position goods, etc.