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Japan's use of automation is an interesting point. On a site like Hacker News where articles about automation replacing human labor with machines can be found d
by just_asking_ 7y ago
Japan's use of automation is an interesting point. On a site like Hacker News where articles about automation replacing human labor with machines can be found daily, as well as articles about the effects of overpopulation on the Earth, it's surprising to hear anyone argue that a high quality of life can only be sustained by exponential population growth. The existence of counterexamples like Japan calls that assumption into question.
- ben_w 7y agoUnfortunately, our current economic system seems to require exponential economic (though not necessarily population) growth in order to maintain an equilibrium of workers and consumers (I may be oversimplifying, I’m not sure). As this is definitely not sustainable, I certainly hope that an alternative system can be produced, and quickly. I wouldn’t know where to begin.