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Re:The Adolescence of Technology by j33dd on Monday January 26, 2026 @09:41PM (#46774850)
"In Machines of Loving Grace, I suggest that a 10–20% sustained annual GDP growth rate may be possible.""

Absolutely comical. Do you realise how much that is in absolute terms? These guys are making up as they go along. Cant believe people buy this nonsense.

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Re:The Adolescence of Technology by techblueberry on Monday January 26, 2026 @09:47PM (#46774894)
> Cant believe people buy this nonsense.

I somewhat don't disagree, and yet. It feels like more people in the world buy into it than don't? To a large degree?

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Re:The Adolescence of Technology by arthurcolle on Monday January 26, 2026 @09:59PM (#46774980)
I mean, once we're able to run and operate multinational corporations off-world, GDP becomes something very different indeed
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Re:The Adolescence of Technology by esafak on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @12:49AM (#46775995)
Why not? If they increase white color productivity by 25%, and that accounts for 50% of the economy, you'd get such a result.
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