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minus-squareXTLlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down4·1 year agoBut if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·1 year agoIf we lived in a made up number world where people are resources can just be pulled out of thin air without consequence that would work I suppose.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHey, it works in Tropico!
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 year agoThat’s called inflation.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoNot really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.
But if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
If we lived in a made up number world where people are resources can just be pulled out of thin air without consequence that would work I suppose.
Hey, it works in Tropico!
That’s called inflation.
Not really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.