Comment by greentxt

I think I prefer to focus on humans vs a productivity metric. Consider overfishing. Easy to imagine overfishing being driven by a desire to max short term productivity. One has to think beyond the bounds of quarterly or annual metrics, at that point it isn't clear what the abstract construct of productivity buys you. Slavery increases productivity. I don't want that. I want humans to have freedom and meaningful work and well functioning healthy societies. Are those things "productivity"?