diff --git a/src/content/the-last-economy/chapter-3.mdx b/src/content/the-last-economy/chapter-3.mdx index 250d1b9..a0d3dbe 100644 --- a/src/content/the-last-economy/chapter-3.mdx +++ b/src/content/the-last-economy/chapter-3.mdx @@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ _What is the salary for a skill that a machine can perform for free?_ ## Lie \#3: Growth Requires Resources -**The Myth:** Economic growth means making more physical stuff using more physical resources. The production function, Output equals f(Capital, Labor, Resources), is a law of nature. To grow, a nation must consume more of the planet. +**The Myth:** Economic growth means making more physical stuff using more physical resources. To grow, a nation must consume more of the planet. + +**Output = f(Capital, Labor, Resources)** + +This production function, we are told, is a law of nature. **The Reality Check:** The digital economy already strained this assumption. The AI economy shatters it completely. Once trained, an AI model can serve a billion users without depleting, generate infinite unique outputs, and improve through use. It is like a factory that produces infinite goods, gets better with every unit made, and can be replicated for free. We now have a primary driver of economic growth, intelligence, that is fundamentally decoupled from material consumption.