$1.9 international per day adjusted for price differences bw countries and for price changes over time?
How do you even perform that kind of normalisation?
There are two kinds of poverty: absolute and relative
Elon is right that we can solve absolute poverty. In fact, we largely already have, especially in the developed world.
Relative poverty is about envy. It’s a spiritual rather than economic problem and will always be with us.
@Plinz Such folks need a space to venture and explore. It is in this exploration that society expands and builds new structures, sometimes better than existing ones.
This could be physical space like the Age of Exploration , Space Colonization, or abstract space like Renaissance
AI and Robotics are the ultimate form of intellectual and operational leverage
They will be the tools that allow us to spread to the stars
Be very weary of those seeking to prevent this grander and greater future from happening, for they typically only seek to maintain control