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which periods

Coastal peoples of California, Jamon of Japan, Puget sound Indians, Hawaiians, the Congo, and so on. Places where you have mild climate, hugely abundant food supply and easily worked materials.

I’m lucky enough to live in a developed country, I have shelter, a fridge full of food, I turn a tap and I have potable water.

You do, but I am assuming this all revolves around keeping a job or employing yourself somehow

I have had the discussion just like this "If I got the private island, yacht, etc. while you only had your basic needs met, would you consider that to be an equitable society?" with some people. Interestingly they often say, so? why would i want an island or a yacht? And if I did wouldn't I just go to the holodeck? Seems like a lot less to take care of.

Which brings us to this:

People will value these things and they will be scarce.

Do they? Or are we conditioned to feel that way?

But yes in the end Star Trek is just a fiction with themes at the core, not exact solutions or even realism when looked at closely.

Either way, my point was I want the computer with knowledge and not have that some how steal, hurt, take away from, get owned by, deprive anyone, or cause environmental damage. And my first thought about that part was post scarcity where no company would own any of this.