Satoshi Nakamoto engineered artificial digital scarcity when he invented Bitcoin and it was accepted by Bitcoiners world over.
For better, not worse, this has helped curb the inflationary money troubles of our world.
I bet you, our financial world would be worse off in a timeline without Bitcoin.
What if we took it a step further, engineered artificial physical scarcity of a necessary good like gold.
What would the implications be for the world economy? Let's speculate.
I daresay, such a job would make me really excited for the future of Mars conquest. And our appreciation of gold would be better.