Yeah, it's perhaps an uninspiring goal but, your dead right, what an improvement for everyone. Not just poor people in poor countries who get most of the benefit but a huge boon to us in the richer nations with fewer wars and famines and disasters and fewer refugees and a more bi-direction flow of migration.
But what is insprining about everyone having a western 21st century middle class life are three things. Firstly, its a great starting point for the future of humanity. With everyone living in comfort we can start thinking about what we do next. Secondly, if I'm right and the material standard of living is also very cheap, what a transformation to be able to spend much more time with family and friends and passions and hobbies - to live the Good Life and not just the Material Life. Thirdly, freedom from fear. With a universal and cheap middle class lifestyle no one need worry that their life will blow up and they will lose access to the material and social goods of life. I would also expect that with broad and deep prospertity the incidence of war and civil strife will reduce and communities all over the world will be as resilliant in the face of natural disasters as we are.
(I'm going to edit the OP to bring out the precariousness point.)
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Date: 2016-03-24 11:45 am (UTC)But what is insprining about everyone having a western 21st century middle class life are three things. Firstly, its a great starting point for the future of humanity. With everyone living in comfort we can start thinking about what we do next. Secondly, if I'm right and the material standard of living is also very cheap, what a transformation to be able to spend much more time with family and friends and passions and hobbies - to live the Good Life and not just the Material Life. Thirdly, freedom from fear. With a universal and cheap middle class lifestyle no one need worry that their life will blow up and they will lose access to the material and social goods of life. I would also expect that with broad and deep prospertity the incidence of war and civil strife will reduce and communities all over the world will be as resilliant in the face of natural disasters as we are.
(I'm going to edit the OP to bring out the precariousness point.)