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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 192 Productivity
Description: Productivity is the secret of societal bliss, resulting in a vibrant society focused on progress and scientific knowledge. When people have a motive to work, normally they can produce at least enough to survive, and because of specialization & mechanical leverage, the productivity of a single individual far exceeds their basic needs. In fact, members of our society are so productive that we can consume amounts in vast excess of the food, heat, and shelter we actually need to sustain us which allows us to spread around the excess. We have multiples of everything, and collect superfluous accouterments in unwieldy...