Humanoid physical automation (Optimus + Figure + competitors) will usher in a 'future of abundance', theoretically eliminating poverty by collapsing cost of physical goods and services.

Humanoid physical automation (Optimus + Figure + competitors) will usher in a 'future of abundance', theoretically eliminating poverty by collapsing cost of physical goods and services. | future of abundance | Global consumer-price index + manufactured-goods deflation

Key catalyst: Global consumer-price index + manufactured-goods deflation

Watch events: Cost-of-goods index; physical-labor wage trends; global poverty metrics.

future of abundance

Directionally aligned with Kurzweil singularity / Diamandis abundance framing; physical automation is plausible scarcity-ender.

Beneficiaries (22)

Adverse (4)

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