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arrow-up12.41KimageCapitalism is killing our planetlemmy.mlGrayox@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 年前message-square468fedilink
minus-squareTelex@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·3 年前But if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 年前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.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 年前Not 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.