Now you can judge someone’s social status by whether they drive a luxury car, if they live in a mansion, or how many employees work for them. In a post-scarcity society, people who want high status have to earn it. By going down to unexplored planets themselves, the bridge crew get to claim any new discoveries as their own. People all over the galaxy will hear about who made first contact with a new civilization.
Remember that in a post-scarcity society, the currency is glory and prestige.
Yes. When they are cops or being hassled by cops. Next question
Maybe it’s time to bite the bullet and take the time to set one up.
You could, but who is worried a bear will use their computer?
One of my favorite examples of the difficulty in idiot-proofing things comes from a national park ranger talking about the difficulty of designing a bear-proof garbage can. He said “There is considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest humans.”
He has seen Worf’s personnel file. Riker knows what happened the last time an officer tried to tell him what to wear.
Not to mention that they can vaccinate against practically every pathogen, so they could eliminate the types of bacteria that cause the majority of body odor.
The locked door told them the store is closed.