Arguably we just have to make it to net profit asteroid mining
From that point the numbers are always going to work out that there’s just more resources than we could ever hope to outstrip, and the question becomes much more about what human society and economy looks like in a world where all scarcity is inherently artificial.
It’s not even about turning a profit anymore. It’s about always making record profits.
And the powers that be either don’t see this as totally unsustainable or just don’t care.
Numbers go up, morale goes down
That’s why no one loves me and I’m treated like a clown
Infinite growth with finite resources. Our economic system is a metaphor for entropy and the heat death of the universe.
Arguably we just have to make it to net profit asteroid mining
From that point the numbers are always going to work out that there’s just more resources than we could ever hope to outstrip, and the question becomes much more about what human society and economy looks like in a world where all scarcity is inherently artificial.