tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post1006356348413904246..comments2023-09-22T12:45:43.141-05:00Comments on Blue Max Studios: A few words on Tech Level...RocketDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737339078433321350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-56749498027069436652012-06-03T08:02:30.615-05:002012-06-03T08:02:30.615-05:00You've got a lot of good points there about th...You've got a lot of good points there about the consumerism model preservering. I would still think that consumerism would fail once one leave's Terra, due to the ridiculous costs of lifting mass into orbit. In settings with more advanced technology (or more relaxed economics) this may not be a problem, but in Black Desert, I'm stuck with the practical considerations of my model.<brRocketDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737339078433321350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1252175094403576854.post-37226927730101320632012-06-02T12:35:50.903-05:002012-06-02T12:35:50.903-05:00You make a few really good points here, Ray, altho...You make a few really good points here, Ray, although I'd argue that a post-consumerism model isn't necessarily the only possible outcome for a post-scarcity society.<br /><br />In my own setting, for example, most interplanetary spacecraft have fairly advanced 3D printers (compared to the knick-knack factories that are cutting edge today) aboard for practical considerations; sometimes Mangaka2170https://www.blogger.com/profile/11121197759732970557noreply@blogger.com