Sam Altman – a world with trillionaires is inevitable

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Well sure. That's the whole concept of "inflation". If we constantly revalued money such that gross world product was a trillion dollars, trillionaires would not be inevitable.

Despite a nod to the fact that, adjusting for inflation, John D. Rockefeller was several times richer than Bill Gates, this whole article seems to be nothing more than a weird ritualistic focus on a particular numeric value of a fiat currency. Such a figure is completely meaningless.

>seems to be nothing more than a weird ritualistic focus on a particular numeric value of a fiat currency

That is what gives fiat value though.. If people lose faith or focus, much like a religion, the currency crashes and hyper-inflates. You see this with other countries' currencies all the time.

Not at all. The currency hyperinflates if it starts getting produced in massive quantities. Then people lose faith.

It's naive to assume there are no trillionaires currently.

You really think the Forbes richest list represents the actual richest people on earth?

If you have a bit of time to kill google 'Spiritual Wonder Boy'.

Can you link a source that isn't batshit crazy?

I did this and the first page is all incoherent claims about quadrillion of dollars.

Do you have a link that explains this conspiracy theory more concisely and clearly?

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