@sarahdoingthing okay, sure, but seems orthogonal. civ must be built and sustained or no one eats, tidy & polite or no.
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Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy totally, and we actually don't need everybody to do that is what I'm saying, probably very few of us4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing oh, i see. I disagree. If you want to freeze civ at a particular point & say "keep it here! who do we need to sustain it?"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy the thing is, as it gets more complex, it seems like we need fewer people to sustain it (consider agriculture layer)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@mr_archenemy more people are rendered unproductive with each technological advance2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing temporarily unproductive, this has been going on for entire industrial & information era (not to mention history)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy I don't think low-IQ farmers can be retrained to be computer programmers honestly2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing do we have a big low-IQ farmer problem?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy what I mean is also former farmers or their descendants, people who are already obsolete2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing i guess i don't know what you mean. US, globally, what?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@mr_archenemy us & developed countries now, globally tomorrow
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