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@FantasticalEconomics

The problem with "GDP is just transformed energy", that the interview highlighted beautifully, is that this kind of framing is not only too humbling to humans, but also upends the existing power structures.

If the model was followed to its natural conclusion we'd all have to admit that 95% of our wealth does not come from our ingenuity or hard work, but from nature's endowment. Likewise, no one person could claim they *deserve* to be at the top of the hierarchy.