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Well, you still need to consume, eat, house yourself etc. Any situation where you're not paying for that without a productive output is one where you're increas
by mwilcox 7y ago
Well, you still need to consume, eat, house yourself etc. Any situation where you're not paying for that without a productive output is one where you're increasing the ratio of consumption to production. Of course not all work is productive, but solving inefficiencies is _work_ not leisure
- qplex 7y agoMost work isn't aimed at making technological progress towards a more ecological or otherwise better future. Most work is also not aimed at food production or housing anymore because of technology.
- mrec 7y agoA large proportion of work is aimed at housing, but for entirely the wrong reasons. Housing costs in first world countries these days generally expand to consume available income, via land price inflation. Actual build cost - "production" - is a minor piece of the pie.