On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 02:38:13PM +0530, Bonobashi wrote: > > > > Not having to work, of course. > > Necessary, but not sufficient.
It's an entry threshold. Indefinitely sustaining your current lifestyle without the necessity to work. > Don't you think you ought to add Being able to do whatever one pleases to be > doing? That's "filthy stinking" rich. You're still limited by the resources of the current global economy, of course. If I want, say, to build a gadget half an lighthour across, needing the entire solar output I obviously won't get that wish fullfilled in the next decade, or so.
