Jevons Paradox
Comments repeatedly reference and discuss Jevons Paradox, the economic principle where efficiency gains in resource use lead to increased overall consumption rather than savings. Discussions apply it to contexts like energy, computing, AI data centers, and electric vehicles.
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What about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox ?
Are you referring to Jevon's Paradox[0]?[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
Jevon's paradox comes to mind here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox#:~:text=In%20ec....(yes this is frequently brought up here on hn...)
Jevons’ paradox seems relevant:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
Yep. See Jevons paradoxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
You might think so, but... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
That would be Jevon's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
See Jevons paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
Does https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox apply in this case ?
Doubt it:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox