Talk:Consider Resource Productivity/@comment-252647-20130126204017

Comment thread from 2012 brought over from former wiki site:

So "make more with less material resources" rather than "make more with less labor". I like that. AND I think that true "labor saving devices" can exist that do not involve more energy or other material consumption. We don't want to just put people back to work, but put people back to (creative, meaningful) leisure. None of this invalidates the card, but implies some changes to the description - and perhaps another card that embraces labor-saving without implying more use of material resources or colonization of meaningful work. April 5, 2012 by Tomatlee

•    '' Might be another card. Tom, see if the latest draft works better to you. It's a little tricky, as I think you're assuming a complete new economy paradigm, which includes a mechanism to enable 'more creative, meaningful leasure'. Labor saving devices are all over the map in terms of resource use, that's for sure--but there is a common trend of using fossil fuels in place of labor, and I do want to get people thinking about hey, we have an abundance of people and limited resources and we're depleting our resources while not adequately employing people--hmm... I think what you're talking about is another layer (and another card). April 27, 2012 by Jatlee''