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10x bigger than 5B people?

• skinnymuch 9y ago
  Could be. We are counting smartphones for 5B people a bit loosely in terms of how they're used. A sizeable number are cheap Android devices or iPhones that are five generations old. Many people don't treat their smartphone similar to how you might expect a lot of young people in a metro area. If you get a bit loose with IoT and automation and AI, a multiplier of 5B could be possible.
• thatcat 9y ago
  There will be material supply limits at some point in all this scaling.
  • austenallred 9y ago
    Not to mention population limits...
  • njarboe 9y ago
    True, but (the mass of all human created objects)/(mass of the solid bits in the solar system) is still very small.
  • warrenm 9y ago
    Eventually ... sure But mankind already makes far more stuff than there are people .. so this "limit" is a long long ways off