4 ms·
Barring not-yet-invented advances in automation, shrinking population means fewer and fewer people providing goods and services compared to the number of people
by balfirevic 3mo ago
Barring not-yet-invented advances in automation, shrinking population means fewer and fewer people providing goods and services compared to the number of people that need them, which means worse and worse poverty for larger and larger fraction of people.
- ponector 3mo ago>> fewer and fewer people providing goods and services Many of them are not needed anyway. Close half of the fast food joints. Or fire half of the IT people. Go back to levels we had in 2006!