Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo cha...
by tim333 on Monday July 03, 2023 @02:29PM
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That is true. Switching from buying Britannica to using Wikipedia is counted as a reduction in GDP as GDP counts what you spend and Wikipedia is free, even if it's better.
The UK basket of goods is here https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/arti... and the various sublinks.