So seriously

So seriously.

What was your highest score in Atari 2600 Asteroids?

Arcade Pac-Man?

That is going to be the relevance of your wealth in as measured in currency of a fiat note, a heavy element, or a piece of land.

What will the people of 2117 value?

They will not be impressed by your care, house, or any other material object that can be printed.

They might be impressed with your collection of 20th century artifacts, or they might just print perfect replicas.

They will not be impressed with your pile of gold, for there are so many other materials that do what gold can do for specific use cases more commonly.

Will they be impressed with your ability to code? Make art? Write a story?

Maybe all of these AIs will do better.

Maybe they will value how cool you are to be with?

Originally posted on Facebook on June 10, 2017.