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If it was in human nature to start sharing once you've hoarded enough, we would certainly start seeing it with our billionaire class. Instead, we're seeing the opposite. I think it's even been studied that the more wealth you have, the more selfish you become.

Plus, of course the physical limitation that no one can ever be rich enough to share endlessly.

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When we talk about after scarcity, we're talking about an endlessly sharable amount of wealth. (Not in a technical sense, of course)

Then the super-rich will start sharing their wealth, because if they don't, their competitors will do it first and take all the fame. It is not from the benevolence of the super-rich, the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

> their competitors will do it first and take all the fame.

I don't think I'll be holding my breath waiting for ultra rich to be motivated by fame of this type. In fact, I think it's wishful thinking in its finest form.

Too subtle. Most readers probably won't recognize you were quoting Adam Smith there.

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