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Transhuman Space[edit | edit source]

Status Examples Monthly cost
8 Leader of a Fifth Wave state or Great Power $600,000,000[1]
7 Leader of middle-rank state $60,000,000[1]
6 US senator, Chinese regional governor $6,000,000[1]
5 Minister, big corporate head $600,000
4 Senior military officer, Established Eloi $60,000
3 Arcology mayor, rising entrepreneur $12,000
2 Mayor, Fourth Wave business leader $6,000
1 Fifth Wave citizen, Third Wave official $2,400
0 Fourth Wave citizen, ordinary soldier $1,800
-1 Under-skilled worker, Third Wave foot soldier $400
-2 Homeless or permanently displaced person $250



What Cost of Living Gets You in 2100[edit | edit source]

The following is a Transhuman Space version of the table on p. B266:

Status 8: Several spacious luxury residences, unlimited luxury travel (including use of interplanetary craft, should your job require it), virtually unlimited sapient infomorph assistance, numerous human aides and servants, the most advanced medical facilities, and formidable (but almost invisible) armed personal protection.

Status 7: At least one mansion-sized residence and several rural residences or retreats, luxury travel (including orbit, should your job require it), several highly advanced infomorphs on call for Web assistance, a department’s worth of human aides and some personal servants, extensive medical support on call, and well-trained personal armed guards.

Status 6: A substantial mansion or estate and a few more modest houses or suites, a private aircraft (probably supersonic) and whatever ground transport you require, extensive Web access with AI support, a team of competent aides and a couple of human personal servants, whatever medical facilities you seem to need, and a group of human or cybershell bodyguards.

Status 5: A mansion or estate and one or two town residences, an executive jet and several lesser vehicles, good permanent Web access, a team of efficient AI and human aides, good medical support, and probably several human or cybershell guards.

Status 4: A mid-sized mansion, probably a holiday home and a city apartment, an aircar and a couple of smartcars, several infomorph aides with permanent fast Web access and a couple of human assistants, full medical coverage, and good automated security.

Status 3: A small mansion, maybe other residences, an aircar and a smartcar, infomorph assistance with permanent fast Web access, probably a human aide, full medical coverage, and automated security.

Status 2: A large house with interior automation and grounds, maybe other property, a couple of smartcars, a static AI that manages your domestic (including Web) and security requirements plus a wearable or implant, and full medical coverage.

Status 1: A comfortable house or apartment with some interior automation, an up-to-date smartcar or a couple of older ground cars, a static AI managing your grocery orders and domestic budget, and a wearable providing augmented reality, burglar alarms, and access to good medical facilities.

Status 0: A house or large apartment (possibly mortgaged), a groundcar, a NAI managing your computer systems and personal budget, some kind of augmented reality system, and access to adequate medical facilities.

Status -1: A small or shared apartment or hut or a decaying house in a bad neighborhood, use of public transport, some Web access and maybe shared use of AI assistance if you really need it, a few unreliable personal gadgets, and chancy medical support.

Status -2: A room in a flophouse or shelter, or use of a rural hovel or abandoned urban building, plus whatever technological facilities you can scrounge or steal.

People living in space or other extreme environments mostly have a bit less comfort and usually a lot less space and privacy (unless they are very rich). A significant portion of their cost of living goes toward keeping them alive from moment to moment.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nominal value. Status this high usually comes with a specific job which provides resources and a lifestyle appropriate to the position. Anyone able to support such a lifestyle out of personal income may have influence over a non-trivial segment of the local or global economy