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    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

    ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Alexei Arora

    1/ I'm sympathetic to the overall point, but the data is bad / doesn't support it graph 2 especially, is bad in multiple ways it does not reflect falling spending on structures, but CONSTANT spending further, if structures get cheaper, you can buy more each year w same $https://twitter.com/AlexeiArora/status/1453713468922765313 …

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    Alexei Arora @AlexeiArora
    The story of American decline in two graphs pic.twitter.com/OxBTfwZqt5
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      2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        2/ if you use CNC machines to replace manual bridgeports, you can get more widgets per hour out of a square foot of shop space you can also push the machines closer, using LESS shop space if prefab steel buildings replace brick, you can buy 2x as much shop space as before

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        3/ If your use of CNC means fewer defects, you now need to produce 1,001 widgets to get 1,000 working widgets, instead of producing 1,200 candidate widgets - thus savings 20% of shop space If you can CAD to design a washing machine with 1/2 as many parts, you cut floor space

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      4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        4/ ...and so it goes. The graph on the right hand side shows a SUCCESS story. People are !@#-ing inconsistent. Show them a graph of teacher or administrator salaries growing and they'll get upset "OMG OMG constant cost overruns". Show them a graph of the free market >>>

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      5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        5/ accomplishing more with less, and they'll get upset "OMG OMG stagnation - we should be SPENDING MORE MONEY." No one ever turns a critical eye on their own claims.

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      6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted LarryPfeffer

        6/ I assume it's accurate ... but read the footnote: it's not a percent of the GDP, it's a percent of "ag, forestry, fishing, hunting, mining, utilities..." so it leaves out huge sectors like oil, software, healthcare, electrical enginering etc >>>https://twitter.com/cat4lyst_Ma/status/1453801180413366275 …

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        LarryPfeffer @cat4lyst_Ma
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        Is that first graph accurate? Approaching 90% ??
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      7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        7/ ...and we have the same issue as before: if other industries get more efficient, then they shrink if crop yields go up per acre of land or gallon of diesel, then you would see finance climb on this graph if truck engines last longer, then finance climbs on this graph

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      8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021

        8/ if we develop better inventory management software so that you can have 20 boxes of diapers on the shelf with 3 boxes in the warehouse, instead of 20 on the shelf and 300 in the warehouse, then need for warehouses shrinks, we all save money ... and finance graph climbs

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      1. LarryPfeffer‏ @cat4lyst_Ma 28 Oct 2021
        Replying to @MorlockP

        Is that first graph accurate? Approaching 90% ??

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      1. Razor Karu‏ @SZBorealis 28 Oct 2021
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        Read Strong Towns. Ongoing costs only grow with time until redevelopment, but that can't happen due to current development models that cities use.

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      2. cryst4lb3pis‏ @cryst4lb3pis 28 Oct 2021
        Replying to @MorlockP

        The real issue is energy usage, overregulation, and a dysfunctional tort system, all of which are described in the "Where is my Flying Car?" book this uncritical "manufacturing good" narrative is somewhat cringe, comparative advantage is real

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      3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 28 Oct 2021
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        agree on all points

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