Things won’t be measure in dollars then, just mass & energy

Elon Musk suggests that in a future economy driven by advanced technology, traditional monetary measurement based on dollars will become obsolete, replaced by direct quantification in terms of physical resources like mass and energy. This reflects a perspective on post-scarcity economics where abundance of resources and energy would make conventional currency systems unnecessary. The statement implies a shift toward valuing goods and services based on their actual material and energetic costs rather than abstract financial values.

Source: Elon Musk (X) | 2026-06-19