Productivity has risen to the point that the world has too many people to meaningfully employ them all. If history is a guide, the correction to this situation will be ugly.

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Productivity has risen to the point that the world has too many people to meaningfully employ them all. If history is a guide, the correction to this situation will be ugly.

Posted by Supersonic Tumbleweed 334 days ago

6 Comments

Posted by Abdur Rehman Khalil 334 days ago

hmm, i am listning...

Posted by Arvidj 89 334 days ago

I concur

Posted by Malte 334 days ago

History is usually the wrong guide, as it is written by a few who "won". Many times by exploding a functional society. I recommend reading this: https://consilienceproject.org/development-in-progress/.

Posted by Gavin Morgan 334 days ago

When in history has productivity ever been too high?

Posted by Ankit Singhaniya 332 days ago

Tell me more about this from history.

Posted by Leonardo Riera 327 days ago

Mass global depopulation is coming. Several generations already failed to have enough children, and it's just a matter of time until we start to see the effects of a vastly diminished world population. Productivity will need to increase to account for this, as lots of jobs will become vacant.