The more important question we should be asking is if we really think that sacrificing freedom in the name of efficiency is a good idea. Freedom is equated with

The more important question we should be asking is if we really think that sacrificing freedom in the name of efficiency is a good idea. Freedom is equated with happiness, efficiency is equated with a lot of stuff. Have our mountains of stuff managed to solve world hunger? End wars? Do they make us happier? I think that it makes sense to increase efficiency up to a certain point, after which it has negative effects. That point is bringing people out of poverty, since studies have found that those are the only conditions under which money/stuff increase happiness.