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		2-718-281-828 on Feb 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Selfish reasons to want more humans if you compare those two examples (from ancient egypt and yours) then you also have to count all those people developing, maintaining and providing services for the machinery you use.

defrost on Feb 25, 2024 [–]

That's correct.

It takes a village to raise a child, it takes a small city to support a mine, the food, the tool upkeep, etc.

And the per capita-hour including all the people involved tonnages involved have vastly increased.

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