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They cared enough to do it anyway, and maybe now a few people are a little more interested in how it is we're so much better off today than our ancestors ever were.

We're all stone-age billionaires, and it's not because any one of us works a billion times harder at picking berries and hunting deer than our ancestors.

They all worked far harder than we did, and they would weep with joy to see how rich we are.

To see how few hours we need to work to feed ourselves, how we don't wear out our bodies from grinding labor and harsh environments.

We can weep with joy at how wealthy and happy our great-grandchildren will be.

If we keep true to the code of honorable wealth that makes this cooperation and creation possible, our great-grandchildren can all, yes all, live life as 20th century billionaires.

This article was narrated by Type 3 Audio for LessWrong.

It was published on February 9, 2026.

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