Thomas Frey and the Future of Wealth

Published: April 28, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b"Thomas Frey joins Phil and Stephen in a discussion about the future of wealth.\\n\\nFirst off, a story with a provocative title\\n\\nYou are Richer than John D. Rockefeller\\n\\nThis raises some interesting questions:\\n\\nWould you trade your lifestyle today for Rockefeller's 1917 lifestyle?\\n\\nWould you trade your lifestyle today for the lifestyle of someone at the bottom of the economic stack 100 years from now?\\n\\nWould it make a difference if you could SEE that future first?\\n\\nNext we have the concept of demonetization from Peter Diamandis\\n\\nDemonetized Cost of Living\\n\\nDiamandis talks about early efforts to implement Basic Income, then raises an interesting question: will such schemes be necessary on a large scale if everything is free?\\n\\nRelated, we have been talking with Brian Wang of Next Big Future about his idea for Basic Power to lift the developing world out of poverty.\\n\\nDiamandis specifically talks about the demonetization of basic lifestyle stuff:\\n\\nTransportation\\n\\nFood\\n\\nHealthcare\\n\\nHousing\\n\\nEnergy\\n\\nEducation\\n\\nEntertainment\\n\\nCould these all ever become free?\\n\\nOr will they just be massively cheaper than they are today?\\n\\nPlus: Thomas \\xa0joins the guys for a very special OTHER GEEK!\\n\\nWT 296-605"