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What happens when all the land possible is owned already in the future?

What happens when all the land possible is owned already in the future?

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December 26, 2023

Question: What happens when all the land possible is owned already in the future?

Answer: Well, that’s an interesting question. What happens when all of the Rembrandt paintings are already owned? What happens when all of the cars made in 1960 are already owned? There is an economics of scarcity, of course, that kicks in; prices go up, demand diminishes in various ways. But it also is the case that it provides incentives for smart, creative people to think about technological and engineering solutions.

Now, we have much more land than we have Rembrandt paintings and so forth, but think of engineering solutions like sea reclamation projects. Or, giant ships that can cruise the ocean or park themselves in the ocean for people to live on, or building up in skyscrapers, or building more underground, the way we often do with car parks now. Clever human beings will always figure out a way to have enough stuff that’s valuable.

Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.
About the author:
Stephen Hicks, Ph.D.

Stephen R. C. Hicks is a Senior Scholar for The Atlas Society and Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. He is also the Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University.

Ele é autor de A Arte da Raciocínio: Leituras para Análise Lógica (W. W. Norton & Co., 1998), Explicando o pós-modernismo: Cepticismo e Socialismo de Rousseau a Foucault (Scholargy, 2004), Nietzsche e os nazis (Ockham's Razor, 2010), Vida empresarial (CEEF, 2016), Liberalismo Pro e Con (Connor Court, 2020), Arte: Moderno, Pós-moderno e Mais Além (com Michael Newberry, 2021) e Oito Filosofias da Educação (2022). Publicou em Business Ethics Quarterly, Review of Metaphysics, e The Wall Street Journal. Os seus escritos foram traduzidos em 20 línguas.

Tem sido Professor Visitante de Ética Empresarial na Universidade de Georgetown em Washington, D.C., Visiting Fellow no Centro de Filosofia e Política Social em Bowling Green, Ohio, Professor Visitante na Universidade de Kasimir the Great, Polónia, Visiting Fellow no Harris Manchester College da Universidade de Oxford, Inglaterra, e Professor Visitante na Universidade Jagiellonian, Polónia.

Os seus diplomas de licenciatura e mestrado são da Universidade de Guelph, Canadá. O seu doutoramento em Filosofia é da Universidade de Indiana, Bloomington, EUA.

Em 2010, ganhou o Prémio de Excelência em Ensino da sua universidade.

A sua série de podcasts Open College é publicada pela Possibly Correct Productions, Toronto. As suas palestras e entrevistas em vídeo estão online no CEE Video Channel, e o seu website é StephenHicks.org.  


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