New comment by spondelkryp in "The dead economy theory"

spondelkryp — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:02:05 +0000

>The US horse population grew from nine million in 1840 to twenty-one million by 1900, seemingly immune to technological change. Within sixty years of the internal combustion engine, the population collapsed by eighty-eight percent.

I think this is a very interesting and chilling point, especially if you draw the parallel literally. For quite some time, I was pondering the question:"Who is buying though?". I.e if you automate workers out of labor, who are we selling these AI services to?

I guess if global population drops by 80-90℅ you suddenly get a "sustainable" economy, as everything is repriced the economy of scale needs a much smaller scale.

(Not speculating this is a plan, just a thought that occurred to me when reading about horses example)

New comment by spondelkryp in "Gmail is entering the Gemini Era"

spondelkryp — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:21:21 +0000

I am glad I have entered my Proton era two years ago

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