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Is there anything that only the rich can currently afford but that everyone will have in the future? (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by nitneroc@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.

What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?

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[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't see it happening outside a reduced group of rich countries. They will probably license the method for a very high and unaffordable peñrice.

[–] JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Due to the environmental impacts they would have a strong incentive to not do that.

Not because they care that much about the climate, but if they can make a significant percentage of continents like Africa and Asia reduce their food production emissions they they themselves would need to reduce theirs less

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would licensing matter outside of rich countries? I confess I know very little about patent law and things like that, but I'd imagine that if - say - Thailand wanted to use the same method as the U.S. Company, that the U.S. company wouldn't actually be able to do anything about it, since they're not under the same jurisdiction

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

International law exists.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I know that, I also know that it has a relatively narrow scope, participation is by treaty and varies wildly from country to country, and often isn't enforced well. Hence my comment