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We work more in large part because we consume much more. Increased consumption requires increased supply which requires increased production which means more wo
by CodeSgt 4y ago
We work more in large part because we consume much more. Increased consumption requires increased supply which requires increased production which means more work to be done.
- bombcar 4y agoDebt also provides a large motivator, and just as you get close to being out of it you easily pick up more.
- CodeSgt 4y agoDebt is just a product of consumption.
- lesam 4y agoShelter costs have also increased massively, not only because shelter has gotten better but because there’s more room in people’s budget for landlords to capture. Medical and educational costs have risen in the US, I would argue for the same reason. And some adversarial work has expanded for no reason- look at all the effort spent in high frequency trading that could be replaced by venues running auctions every 100ms instead of having competitions for fractions of a microsecond.