If money is a medium for people to convert goods and services from one form to another, then in a technologically advancing world where things become cheaper in terms of SI units, we should expect the value of money (relative to other items) to become higher, or for goods and services to become so cheap that we don't even bother about their prices.
In a technologically stagnating economy, we can expect the opposite: we can expect that if technology becomes worse off, then the value of money will get worse and the same physical item will become less valuable i.e will cost more in money. We see this happening with oil prices which are at the heart of energy intensive economies - gasoline is MORE expensive than in the 1970s even when adjusted for inflation. Same goes for other goods central to the economy, such as housing, healthcare and food. The more likely outcome is that to artificially stimulate the economy, central banks will keep printing more money and devalue goods in a never ending cycle. The only things that can really save us is technology that can make things cheaper.
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/gasoline-prices-adjust...
It seems that Peter Thiel's ideas of a technologically stagnating society are making more and more sense.
But the people who are waiting it out? They are guaranteed to fall behind, they will be living in 2014 while I am in 2041.
The market will only look scarier and scarier as the numbers go up and to the right.
In reality my wife also works as an engineer. (my mom was a stay at home mom), our house is smaller, I work longer hours, and the house will be paid off later in life (after 60). The reason? Fake government inflation numbers. www.shadowstats.org .
One aspect of public housing that needs more attention is it makes the accounting dramatically simpler. Rents and taxes converge.