Grayox to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoCapitalism is killing our planetlemmy.mlimagemessage-square469fedilinkarrow-up12.39K
arrow-up12.39KimageCapitalism is killing our planetlemmy.mlGrayox to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square469fedilink
minus-square@XTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish56•8 months agoBut if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
minus-squarePatapon EnjoyerlinkfedilinkEnglish18•8 months agoIf we lived in a made up number world where people are resources can just be pulled out of thin air without consequence that would work I suppose.
minus-square@SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoNot really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.
But if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
If we lived in a made up number world where people are resources can just be pulled out of thin air without consequence that would work I suppose.
Hey, it works in Tropico!
That’s called inflation.
Not really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.