A Zero Sum World

I've been thinking a lot about the fact that there are 21,000,000 bitcoin exactly.

I think there is something about the psychology of it. The supply is exact and unchanging...

If bitcoin becomes the main currency etc., then we will live in a world where things seem much more zero sum. If you earn 1 bitcoin, it explicitly means that you got it from someone else.

I'm not saying that this is better or worse than our current world (I'm a bitcoin bull), but it's strange, and I wanted to hear more thoughts on this.

What do you think about this? How will this affect our psychology and how we view the world?

(Side note, if we live in a world where purchasing power increases over time, then the incentive is not to start a company when you're 20, but to work... Might change our perspective or risk-taking as well.. The opportunity cost seems much greater...)