How Star Trek's Future Works - Money, Work and Property

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Gold pressed latinum only makes sense to me if there are some things that can’t be replicated. Has it ever been explained?

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  • yyyesss@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Correct, latinum cannot be replicated: en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Latinum

    and for some additional color: …stackexchange.com/…/why-can-latinum-not-be-repli…

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    • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Correct, latinum cannot be replicated: en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Latinum

      This link doesn’t lead to a statement that latinum can’t be replicated, because that’s never actually been established on-screen. It makes sense and is almost certainly true, but it remains fanon.

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    • htrayl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It still doesn’t really make much sense in a world where the vast majority of things are replicated. The only things that would give them worth are things that cannot be replicated:

      • Specific real estate
      • Experiences
      • Favors?

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