[davelnewton]

I actually would say increased/decreased in those situations, but I think most people (myself included) would also say those were improvements--they don't come with any significant costs, whereas large-scale ag does have associated, often negative, side-effects.

Tragically for our "argument" I believe doing less work for the same output is a good thing, at least in general. But even that has associated costs that aren't always "good" given current conditions :/