Interesting. Brief musing. Our collective objective function appears to be a post-scarcity economy. Alas, we physically inhabit a finite world, in which post-scarcity can never be attained -- the exponential curve ruins every single attempt. Another option is to seek peace / shalom / spiritual homeostasis, even when faced with the certainty of decay and death. Quest which perhaps does require a Messiah.
I don't think that most people interpret "post-scarcity" as "anything goes", as in literally unlimited resources. I'd describe it as a situation in which all physical needs are addressed for all human beings (except those who voluntarily opt out) without them having to work for it.
