One way of thinking about productivity: the ability to increase the total amount of resources available though your labor.
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
But even though *average* productivity increases with complexity, the composition is not uniform. Many people are rendered *unproductive*.
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Modern farm labor is so unproductive that the primary focus of competition is limiting the resources you need to survive.
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We realize education & training will not save us from obsolescence post-singularity, but somehow they are the answer now.
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@sarahdoingthing I think it might, depends on nature and target of education1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@willdoingthings What kinds of education could make currently-unproductive people productive?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing how to go to a psychiatrist and get an adderall prescription? removing bottlenecks for unactualized talent1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@willdoingthings I'm thinking more the millions of descendants of former farming populations chilling out in slums, US and abroad2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@willdoingthings just had a thought: inner cities are bad because they're overcrowded NONfarmers, unsuited to close living1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@drethelin cf. East Asian cities
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