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You're missing the point. Economic activity isn't the meaning of life.

• spwa4 2y ago
  Perhaps sadly, it kind of is. Or perhaps we should put it like this: nobody likes a lack of economic activity.
  • carapace 2y ago
    Tell that to the folks living in the Amazon? They had their lives going for who knows how many thousands of years and then someone comes along and cuts down all the trees to make money. Science and capitalism have delivered technology and wealth, not evenly distributed, yes, but considered as a species we have won history. The goal is not to rearrange atoms until the Earth glows like a lightbulb from our waste heat. Take the long view (and "long" here means a handful of centuries[1]) and lift your sights. [1] https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist...