> The economics of a service economy really just don't make sense.
> …real economy, which is about making and distributing goods and stuff people actually need to live
I don’t know about you, but I depend on services every day in order to live.
I think they're more referring to the scalable service economy. Haircuts, which are a service, don't scale (unless we're talking about robotics or something).
When I refer to services, I refer to paying people and not receiving material benefits. Accountants, microsoft word, google search, chatgpt, doordash