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(Created page with "Throughout this past century, there has been plenty of mechanization & automation{{x|and more recently, A.I. - but that's a whole other discussion}} - i.e.: do a job more efficiently - get the same amount of work done using less labor. But instead of people ''working less'', businesses chose to ''produce more''{{x|i.e. more goods and more services, per capita}}. Of course, in moderation this can be a very good thing - but we've long reached a point where it's harm...") |
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Throughout this past century, there has been plenty of mechanization & automation{{x|and more recently, A.I. - but that's a whole other discussion}} - i.e.: | Throughout this past century, there has been plenty of mechanization & automation{{x|and more recently, A.I. - but that's a whole other discussion}} - i.e.: increase the efficiency of a job - make it ''take less labor to do the same amount of work''. | ||
But instead of people ''working less'', businesses chose to ''produce more''{{x|i.e. more goods and more services, per capita}}. Of course, in moderation this can be a very good thing - but we've long reached a point where it's harming the environment, with diminishing returns on quality of life. In fact, quality of life could be a lot higher if people didn't need to work as much. | But instead of people ''working less'', <!--businesses chose-->the {{t2|market|"market", as in, the "invisible hand of the economy", or basically just a lot of businesses doing what they do to maximize profits}} decided to just ''produce more''{{x|i.e. more goods and more services, per capita. The increased production counterbalances the increased efficiencies, so people on average don't work any less than before.}}. Of course, in moderation this can be a very good thing - but we've long reached a point where it's harming the environment, with diminishing returns on quality of life. In fact, quality of life could be a lot higher if people didn't need to work as much. | ||
==What to cut== | ==What to cut== | ||