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@ mister_monster
2025-05-16 22:15:25You can't increase standard of living with numbers, you can only increase standard of living with production and economic growth. Numbers are how we measure that, once a metric becomes a goal it ceases to be a good metric. But since it's an adversarial system, that doesnt mean people will go "better not do that", they'll still do it and you get suppression of economic growth. You can't number massage your way out of these kinds of problems.