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Are there enough resources in the world to allow everyone (or at least the vast majority) to live comfortably and happily? (pawb.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I kinda went on a little research spree on economics this afternoon but at one point I figured it's probably good to know if it's possible for, say, at least 98% of people on earth to live a happy fulfilled life at all.

I know there's plenty of people who'd be more than happy to have literally nothing more than a house, food and water, but that still leaves a whole lot of people who want other things in life.

Do we have any metrics or data on wether the earth can sustain roughly 8 billion humans?

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Enough money can remove the barriers to happiness.

If I suddenly had enough money to not need to work on order to survive, I would still "work," except it would be on my own terms, not someone else's. There are loads of things I want to do and not enough time to do them. I dream of being able to prioritize my own time for myself rather than needing to sell a third of my life to a megacorp for bread.

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