Re:Deep-sea mining may soon ease the world's battery-metal s...
by s1artibartfast on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @02:09PM
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>Because you are still more efficiently using that 2nd doctors time. Time is the resource in that case.
Yes, it is a more productive use of human human capital and time.
I think that time is a different resource than the parent poster was talking about when they spoke of resource-depletion-driven collapse, physical limits, and unsustainable growth.
I take that to mean they think physical material consumption must always go up if we want economic growth. This is why I tried to point out that economic growth can include many things that don't need raw materials.
Yes, it is a more productive use of human human capital and time.
I think that time is a different resource than the parent poster was talking about when they spoke of resource-depletion-driven collapse, physical limits, and unsustainable growth.
I take that to mean they think physical material consumption must always go up if we want economic growth. This is why I tried to point out that economic growth can include many things that don't need raw materials.