"Benjamin owns a farm. He employs 100 workers plowing his fields. His total payroll is $10 million/year. One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The driverless mules cause plow damage to his property in excess of $50 million."

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"Benjamin loses another $5 million due to the loss of productivity from his one remaining employee, who no longer guides a plow but instead spends 100 percent of his time shoveling mule shit."
@rgarner Benjamin spends his day warning others about both "missing out on mule wagon" AND that "mules will take over the world" 🙃
@rgarner good (aimed at Benjamin)
@rgarner Por dios que buena metáfora, y totalmente real