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by maxerickson 3103 days ago
It's boldfaced:

Surprising Fact No. 2: Manufacturing output is a near a record high.

The decline of the global share of output is true, but it is sort of inevitable that ~5% of the global population will not maintain a vast share of global output. I'm also not terribly interested in arguing about whether Our ability to produce material goods really is greater than at any time in history. was a valid response to the post I responded too.