this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, it works in Tropico!

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 11 points 1 year ago

That's called inflation.

Not really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.