The demand for AI will never saturate. It goes pretty much to infinity. Just like electricity didn't plateau after lighting homes.. it powered elevat… - Peter Diamandis

dopamine, one of the brain’s primary pleasure drugs. We feel dopamine as engagement, excitement, a desire to investigate and make meaning out of the world. It’s released whenever we take a risk, expect a reward, or encounter novelty. Once hardwired into a reward loop — meaning, once our brain establishes a link between an activity and dopamine — the desire to get more of this chemical becomes our overarching preoccupation. Cocaine, by way of comparison, is one of the most addictive substances on Earth, yet much of what it does is flood the brain with dopamine

Traditional agriculture uses 70 percent of the water on the planet. Hydroponics is 70 percent more efficient than traditional agriculture. Aeroponics, meanwhile, is 70 percent more efficient than hydroponics. Thus, if we used aeroponics for agriculture, we could drop water use from 70 percent to 6 percent — quite the savings.

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Matt Ridley elaborates: "'If I sew you a hide tunic today, you can sew me one tomorrow' brings limited rewards and diminishing returns. '[But] … I make the clothes, you catch the food' brings increasing returns. Indeed, it has the beautiful property that it does not even need to be fair. For barter to work, two individuals do not need to offer things of equal value. Trade is often unequal but it still benefits both sides.