The Productivity Boom We always find ways to increase one's productivity. Albeit, using human forces alone is low productivity. That's why human created tools. It's easier to kill an animal with spear than with bare hands. Wells are preferably located close to where one needs water, otherwise it would take a long time to reach there; but it'd be better with piped water -- you don't need to move the water yourself. In the past, you probably want to hire a "fanner" to help fan…
@wabinab in December 2023
Money Losing Its Value What about the fairly recent price increase in goods and services since covid? Yeah, things you bought in supermarkets are more expensive than they are before covid. Why is the case? We usually think of something got expensive when their price increase, but what can cause such price increase? The most common one we think, is because everything gets expensive, so it also gets expensive, without knowing why. Ok, that's stupid, but most of us wouldn't…
Do We Ever Get Out Of Our Arrogance? First thing first, one do not have an answer for the topic question, but rather a fight within one's brain on that issue, with one's previous experience. We see that some people realized their arrogance at some point of their life, hence they watch out for it. Others might be more lenient to born without much arrogance; still others born with so much arrogance they can never see past it. Discounting those that never see past their…
A Less Populated Future Is Advantageous When nearing an industrial revolution, people starts to have more children, because machines allow production of more food, which can rear us. However, it's also that the requirement for more and more food nowadays, that a more populated future isn't as advantageous as it used to be. Before, and even after industrial revolution, you may need lots of hands and headcounts to fill in position that increase yields. Some farms don't have…