Like, the planet is gonna be uninhabitable???

  • PKMKII [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Mmm, yes, economists, the people most qualified to know what future technological developments will look like. What, engineers? No, we don’t need to ask those nerds.

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Economists have something even better than technical expertise: the future discount rate.

      • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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        1 year ago

        It's hard to point to any one voodoo concept from the trash-heap of orthodox economics that is singularly the most damaging, but that one has got to be a top contender.