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minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down4·11 months agoBut if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·11 months 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-up1·11 months agoHey, it works in Tropico!
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·11 months agoThat’s called inflation.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoNot really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.
minus-squareMNByChoicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoEasy fix. Change the made-up standard periodically and reset to zero.
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.
Easy fix. Change the made-up standard periodically and reset to zero.