Recipes and Production

Feb 28, 2011 20:02

There are two categories of things required for economic production:

1. Natural Resources
2. Human Effort

Both categories are broad and varied, but highlighting them simplifies thought on a few key issues. Capital is not a substitute for human effort, it is a type of effort. Instead of producing goods directly at high effort per good produced, Read more... )

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psyllogism March 1 2011, 02:58:46 UTC
Have you read The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson? He touches on a society built around such a technology. Very interesting :-)

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magus341 March 1 2011, 04:34:13 UTC
No, I haven't, but I do like Stephenson. I'll check it out.

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