That's when you collect your check, step off the train, and start anew. Companies can do it too if they invest in new initiatives.
There are no practical physical limits to wealth creation since ideas can be monetized with only energy expenditure.
There are no practical physical limits to wealth creation since ideas can be monetized with only energy expenditure.
This statement is internally inconsistent.
Imagine a bubble expanding at the speed of light bringing everything inside it under complete optimal control.
Here's a sci-fi plot idea: a bubble expanding at near-lightspeed is bringing everything inside it under complete optimal control. Lagging behind it a couple years is another bubble, also expanding at near-lightspeed - that of false vacuum collapse. Will the zone of optimal control find a way to stop the nothingness that comes just behind it from consuming the universe?
Here's a universe-eating bubble for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schild%27s_Ladder