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"Ben owns a farm. He employs 100 workers. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10% productivity gain. Ben fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000% productivity gain..."

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@mikeytsi.bsky.social

A week later Ben discovers that the 10% productivity gain was inaccurate, as the mule "reported" that it was farming at a certain rate but was instead shitting all over the field.

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@mikeytsi.bsky.social

Also, the shits looks suspiciously enough like his regular crop that he has to spend time investigating every crop to determine if it's the actual crop or just shit.