Re:Make More Land
by daxorid on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @03:25PM
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GDP per capita is a poor measure of productivity, and doesn't consider externalities.
SF is pretty good at producing emotionally manipulative adtech to opt every Internet and smartphone user into a global panopticon, and also quite prolific at social media that turns our lives into perpetually distracting hedonic treadmills.
Time will tell whether the "productivity" of SF was a net benefit to Civilization.
SF is pretty good at producing emotionally manipulative adtech to opt every Internet and smartphone user into a global panopticon, and also quite prolific at social media that turns our lives into perpetually distracting hedonic treadmills.
Time will tell whether the "productivity" of SF was a net benefit to Civilization.