Moore's Law for Everything

Re:Moore's Law for Everything by sudosysgen on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:24PM (#26483205)

"A house may be large or small; as long as the neighboring houses are likewise small, it satisfies all social requirement for a residence. But let there arise next to the little house a palace, and the little house shrinks to a hut. The little house now makes it clear that its inmate has no social position at all to maintain."

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Re:Moore's Law for Everything by chordalkeyboard on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @09:43PM (#26485539)

We’ve shifted the goalposts from “providing every human the dignity of a home” to “providing every human a home that doesn’t look too shabby when compared to the highest bar in society”

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Re:Moore's Law for Everything by sudosysgen on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @10:02PM (#26485649)

Certainly, the first is enough, I'm just trying to answer why it is that people increase their consumption without end while it doesn't really make them happy.

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