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In the context of The Great Simplification, human labor can be thought of as the spiritual and physical exercise of will, for the purposes of either creating something tangible or achieving some kind of goal. It is the intelligence of humans and the motivation of individuals to work together in order to reliably and efficiently obtain the desired result. It is an ongoing process of iteration and experimentation, continuously pushing the boundaries of capability while expanding the scope of understanding. Human labor can truly be said to be the primary determinant of our collective progress.

See also: renewable energy, economic growth, population growth, economic system, education system

Daniel Schmachtenberger “Bend Not Break Part 1: Energy Blindness” | The Great Simplification #05 52,903

or the industrial mill replaces you know kind of human labor we can see the labor there but if we go back to the earliest

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Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Modeling the Drivers of the Metacrisis” | The Great Simplification #42 22,869

and at some point the depletion part of the story for coal oil and natural gas, of which we get a hundred billion barrel of oil equivalents per year, which is 500 billion human labor equivalent worth.

Dr. Simon Michaux: “Minerals and Materials Blindness” | The Great Simplification #19 20,150

industrial revolution where we add little bits of human labor and massive amounts of fossil energy

Earth vs. The Amoeba 11,172

Earth Day 2022: Tarot of the Carbon Pulse - with Nate Hagens 9,503

reach of remaining energy and materials. a tax on non-renewable resources coupled with the removal of taxes on human labor and profits would spur both innovation and conservation. the green curtain represents first a recognition and ultimately a new

Energy Blindness | Frankly #03 9,416

Douglas Rushkoff: "The Ultimate Exit Strategy" | The Great Simplification #36 8,973

my story, that we use a 100 billion barrels of ancient sunlight per year, which works out to fossil labor force of around 500 billion human labor equivalents. since you and i are around the same age, douglas. since you and i have been on this planet, every single year

Growth Until Not... | Frankly #7 8,220

is a symptom of the underlying problem of a social species finding a bolus of fossil carbon that is giving us right now in 2022, the equivalent of 500 billion human labor equivalents, added to our five billion real human laborers. nate hagens:

Simon Michaux: "The Arcadians" | The Great Simplification #49 8,184

nate hagens: so the future of food then, a conclusion echoed by many other of my podcast guests is we're going to have to have more human labor inputs relative to today.