We used to make more land in desirable places, much of SF's population lives on on man-made land. Scarcity mindset sounds right, but most of that status refute it. Known reserves of pretty much every resource has only increased over time.
If you take the big picture view, then the earth itself has only a temporary lifetime, and thus we should switch to looking outside our planet. For that, optimizing for growth and tech progress above all else is probably the right goal.
If you take the big picture view, then the earth itself has only a temporary lifetime, and thus we should switch to looking outside our planet. For that, optimizing for growth and tech progress above all else is probably the right goal.