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The efficiency quandry is really interesting to me. It makes me wonder if there is a practical limit to the utility of pure efficiency for a society? Obviously
by awat 8y ago
The efficiency quandry is really interesting to me. It makes me wonder if there is a practical limit to the utility of pure efficiency for a society? Obviously there are huge upsides to efficiency in resource usage etc. but it seems to harm portions of society at a certain point.
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- notabee 8y agoWhat you're left with is social inefficiencies instead of material or process inefficiencies. It's like trying to fix bad management at a company through engineering fixes: it just doesn't work. You have to solve the human problem. Also, the world is limited: you can't balloon out resource usage indefinitely to appease bad societal patterns. Eventually external factors will intervene such as resource exhaustion, ecosystem collapse, climate change, etc.