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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.

Doctor Stephen Hicks
About the author:
Doctor Stephen Hicks

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.

Es autor de El arte de razonar: Lecturas para el análisis lógico (W. W. Norton & Co., 1998), Explaining Postmodernism: Escepticismo y socialismo de Rousseau a Foucault (Scholargy, 2004), Nietzsche y los nazis (La navaja de Ockham, 2010), La vida empresarial (CEEF, 2016), Liberalism Pro and Con (Connor Court, 2020), Arte: Modern, Postmodern, and Beyond (con Michael Newberry, 2021) y Eight Philosophies of Education (2022). Ha publicado en Business Ethics Quarterly, Review of Metaphysics y The Wall Street Journal. Sus escritos se han traducido a 20 idiomas.

Ha sido Profesor Visitante de Ética Empresarial en la Universidad de Georgetown en Washington, D.C., Profesor Visitante en el Social Philosophy & Policy Center de Bowling Green, Ohio, Profesor Visitante en la Universidad de Kasimir el Grande, Polonia, Profesor Visitante en el Harris Manchester College de la Universidad de Oxford, Inglaterra, y Profesor Visitante en la Universidad Jagiellonian, Polonia.

Es licenciado y máster por la Universidad de Guelph (Canadá). Se doctoró en Filosofía por la Universidad de Indiana, Bloomington (EE.UU.).

En 2010 ganó el Premio a la Excelencia Docente de su universidad.

Su serie de podcasts Open College está publicada por Possibly Correct Productions, Toronto. Sus conferencias y entrevistas en vídeo están en línea en CEE Video Channel, y su sitio web es StephenHicks.org.  


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