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Re: Autoenshittification. How the computer killed capitalism. – by Cory Doctorow

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Post by sydbarrett74 » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

plagiarist wrote: post #184

sydbarrett74 wrote: post #152

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That's why they're busy reserving a seat on a cock-rocket headed for Mars.

It would be far more comfortable and less expensive to address climate change on Earth than it would be to terraform Mars.

I agree totally. But these billionaires with more money than sense probably wouldn't have their egos stroked as much by saving Earth as they would by being the first settlers of Mars. Plus, by fleeing to another planet they no longer have to interact with 'lesser sorts' and can all have one big billionaire circle-jerk.

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 5:45 PM UTC

anthonypasq wrote: post #32

rightbyte wrote: post #26

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I have to admit cars have gotten better. I wonder why, since pretty much any other machinery have become worse. Monkey wrenches, kitchen aids, washing machines. Even static tools like frying pans, screw drivers. You name it. But not cars.

The car market appears to be as close to perfect competition as we can muster. Theres an enormous amount of big players that all compete and try to outdo one another

This is not a marker of "perfect competition", in fact, far from it https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wha...

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Post by pas » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 12:36 PM UTC

rhelz wrote: post #177

edgyquant wrote: post #140

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You or the parent are more than welcome to post data proving the opposite is true. Instead both of you are just stating things with nothing but vibes to back it up.

Up until about 1973, when worker productivity rose, the wages rose in lockstep. Since then, worker productivity is up about 2.4x but wages have remained stagnant. https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/

FYI that graph is very misleading (using different deflators for the productivity and for the hourly comp, also it's missing benefits and other parts of total compensation that are all paid by productivity increases)

https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/6rtoh4/produc...