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		consteval on July 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Every company should be owned by its employees I think we're thinking of productivity differently. Humans, themselves, are not more productive. But our output is more due to technology. I think sometime in the future working will be completely optional. Would this be infinite productivity, or zero?

Fredkin on July 28, 2024 [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce_productivity Near zero time spent working to produce infinite goods - so yes it would be infinite as per the definition.

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