To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources

[DamonDesade]

"at what point in society did we decide that we have too many shoes?" hahahaha. PERFECT line of questioning.

[ragulshan]

Define resource- "Through knowledge, we can convert from one thing to another"

[ThatAngeloGuy]

my most valuable resource (time) is running out

[nielsb]

The amazon bit sounds like a false dichotomy. Also the point is that there might be many more ways to deal with the over-stock situation other than destroying products.

[micinomax]

shoes were once made by hand. Few were made, because few had the money to buy them. And if a pair of shoes got damaged or broke, they were taken to a shoemaker for repair, unless they were really destroyed.
Today shoes are industrially produced at a low cost, but paradoxically in most cases they cost more in proportion to the past. For people today shoes have a value, they are a status symbol; in the past they were a status symbol in the sense that if you went around with new shoes it meant you were rich.
Today people can end up having 5 or 10 pairs of shoes. Women can have even dozens if they are obsessed. And when they get ruined, they're no longer fashionable or you don't like them anymore, they're thrown away. For this we need to produce many more shoes than there are feet of all human beings.

Think how beautiful it would be a world in which it’s not produced more than what is necessary. Not only a world where there is little production compared to demand, as has happened, for example, in recent years with video cards, which simply drives up the prices, but if you have the money you can buy anyway. No, I really mean the impossibility of having something.
It would be the return of desire, of the existence of something that cannot be bought with money, of the dream. Today we are surrounded by things we can buy, and the obsession of the modern world is to find the money to buy them all.

[fosternix]

Population growth is exponential while resource growth is linear. That’s the issue.

[ronakparmar]

Such type of ideas and mindset encourage people to run behind things and consumerism, such type of people will never be satisfied with their life. What's the point of having 20 shoes, instead think about those who doesn't have a single one to wear. Stop running behind the consumerism & materialistic approach and use your brain and intelligence in making more sustainable life.

[Harpreet]

I understand and agree with the Naval bit, but the Amazon bit was strange. I didn't watch this ITV show so not sure what the context was, but what if they're reasoning was more on the lines of; Ok Amazon bought too much stock, that's expected, but why do they destroy them instead of giving them away or recycling them??? I don't get why he took his viewpoint.

[kevindanielpg]

I think Naval is transitioning from rational optimism to irrationally optimist. Yes, in THEORY knowledge can increase and do so exponentially, the thing is we do not know when and at what capacity and/or utility to actually make a significant impact in solving global issues.

[SHANONisRegenerate]

You have no moderation in your arguements. Which makes them invalid.

[amiria]

But what if knowledge yields diminishing returns on resource "creation", be it that with knowledge we can use resources more effectively or discover new resources.
The invention, or rather finding of fire made a lot more resources available than years of research on how to use oil effectively will.
My point is that whilst you are right with your statements on what resources are, you haven't made a convincing point that currently, we are running out of what we can process and there seem to be no big leaps available.
Yes, there are infinite resources in the universe, and also, if some scientists achieve to explore how trash or more fundamentally energy can be turned effectively into any resource we want, knowledge would be the ultimate goal.
But the key question is: when will that be?
And until then, we are confined.
So I think the main message is: we need a big leap from our status quo

[jmoney]

Naval is using doubt and skepticism about the problems of waste and consumption currently, with the hope that we will somehow be smarter in the future to solve the sins of the past. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[bebohesham]

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[grocefamilyfarm]

I get the point, and see some usefulness in it. But do you remember learning about the Fertile Crescent in sixth grade? Somebody washed a critical resource down the Euphrates 4K years ago, and the place has never been the same again.

Because we’ve escaped some of our tethers to physical limits, does it follow that we will escape them all, forever, and in a straight unbroken line? This is a cognitive leap that requires unwavering faith and an ignorance of events like the Bronze Age Collapse and dozens of subsequent civilizational declines.

[Pouya]

Naval, can you please explain why postponement of joy is the way to go?

[truchoemail]

It sounds like this is a piece of a larger interview or discussion, Where can I listen to the whole thing?

[truchoemail]

It sounds like this is a piece of a larger interview or discussion, Where can I listen to the whole thing?