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Rhueh t1_j858n1q wrote

Reply to comment by strvgglecity in What's your estimation for the minimum size of global population required for preserving modern civilization with advanced technology and medicine, and even progressing further? by Evgeneey

Ironically, from an economic perspective a machine civilization has a big problem: Machines are far better at creating than they are at consuming. A machine civilization might well develop into a single machine that can maintain itself. What use would a second machine be?

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