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There are ~7,000,000,000 humans but only ~100,000,000 are performing actually necessary work (farming, mining, teaching, mathematics, maintenance.) That leaves
by carapace 7y ago
There are ~7,000,000,000 humans but only ~100,000,000 are performing actually necessary work (farming, mining, teaching, mathematics, maintenance.)
That leaves ~6,900,000,000 people with nothing crucial to do.
Given that premise, I think it fine, just fine, if they want to e.g. study "medieval lore or obscure literature".