Optimizing the (immediate) measured economy doesn't necessarily reflect the most important goal of society. People might measure their productivity in forests p

Optimizing the (immediate) measured economy doesn't necessarily reflect the most important goal of society. People might measure their productivity in forests paved, or maybe we can maximize the needle on some Fed metric by building more napalm factories. On the other hand, most corporations doubted the value of exploring packet switching back in the 60's.