It’s a little different, but I’m not sure indexing to the consumption preferences of a certain class of US citizen in 2025 represents a better index, or one particularly close to Rawls concept of primary goods. The “climate controlled space” in particular feels particularly oddly specific (both because much of the world doesn’t need full climate control, and because 35m^2 is not a particularly “elite” apportionment of space )
To the extent the VPP concept is useful I’d say it’s mostly in indicating that no matter how much it bumps GDP per capita, AI isn’t going to automagically reduce costs of land and buildings, and is currently driving the amount of compute+bandwidth an “US coastal elite” person directly or indirectly consumes up very rapidly...
It’s a little different, but I’m not sure indexing to the consumption preferences of a certain class of US citizen in 2025 represents a better index, or one particularly close to Rawls concept of primary goods. The “climate controlled space” in particular feels particularly oddly specific (both because much of the world doesn’t need full climate control, and because 35m^2 is not a particularly “elite” apportionment of space )
To the extent the VPP concept is useful I’d say it’s mostly in indicating that no matter how much it bumps GDP per capita, AI isn’t going to automagically reduce costs of land and buildings, and is currently driving the amount of compute+bandwidth an “US coastal elite” person directly or indirectly consumes up very rapidly...