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Yeah, I didn't mean mad max worlds literally, as much as I meant "a darker period of 'civilization'", or a loss of knowledge/ability/technology. That's interes
by ImprovedSilence 14y ago
Yeah, I didn't mean mad max worlds literally, as much as I meant "a darker period of 'civilization'", or a loss of knowledge/ability/technology.
That's interesting thought you have though, of building society on "energy consumption" (labor, work, joules, whatever) whether it be slaves or oil. I suppose you could say it boils down to physics.
- lifeisstillgood 14y agoTo be fair I doubt it's mine - but I fully agree - one could use energy or rather work efficency as a proxy for economic wealth. The first wood burner must have halved the energy needed to keep warm - probably the best investment society made ever. Of course energy efficiency as a metric Must make bankers even less useful to society than we think :-)