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bandramitoday at 2:55 AM1 replyview on HN

That's his point. Drastically reducing agricultural employment didn't keep us from getting fed (and led to a significantly richer population overall -- there's a reason people left the villages for the industrial cities)


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blibbletoday at 3:18 AM

there's no reason to believe this trend will continue forever, simply because it has held for the past hundred years or so