Or they’d keep the same number of people and increase total value output. Busine...

oefrha · 2026-02-14T09:44:08 1771062248

People don’t suddenly eat more food due to AI. That are a lot of industries with bounded total demand.

jama211 · 2026-02-14T17:36:36 1771090596

That’s true, however I’m truely glad 70% of the population isn’t working in food production anymore, those were the bad old times.

Ensorceled · 2026-02-17T12:24:20 1771331060

> Businesses tend to like the idea of growth more than cost cutting after all.

I would offer as counter to this view: massive layoffs across the early adopters of AI, the tech giants.

catmanjan · 2026-02-14T08:48:41 1771058921

However good growth is finite unless you also believe in immigration and debt

jama211 · 2026-02-14T17:37:02 1771090622

Well all of that is false and tbh sounds a bit sus

catmanjan · 2026-02-15T23:14:48 1771197288

Infinite growth is a childish belief