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Originally Posted by CDSmith
They're putting the cart before the proverbial horse. First we have to invent the food replicator, which will negate the need for a currency-based system. Once we get rid of concepts like 'money', 'cost' etc we can start putting efforts into exploring space, the lure of the final frontier being the motivator rather than billions and billions of "dollars", whatever those were. Then we can go find and meet whoever's out there.
Personally I can't wait. Got my Vulcan "live long and prosper" hand salute down to a science.
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You know... If you ever give it thought... Could we ever live without the concept of money? I mean... Great, you got a food replicator, but who is gonna fix it when it breaks?
Do the crew of the USS Enterprise get paid a salary? I don't recall it ever being discussed in Star Trek.