| Not OP, but read your comment and felt inspired to respond. I understand your mindset - in a sense, the absence of growth implies death, all life needs growth, etc. However, growth is not a purely-quantitative, 1-dimensional value. There are an infinite number of possible futures that all constitute growth relative to here and now. Which aspects will do most of the growth? Will there be more humans? more relationships? more industry? more data? more meaning? There are an infinite number of things that can grow, and even within a single vertical, multiple ways to grow. Therefore, any specific growth we undergo has an "opportunity cost" of whatever other ways we could have grown. Not to mention, most kinds of growth require some destruction, so in addition to potential value, you lose the immediate value of whatever you destroy. Therefore, in my view, the 2 ways we need to grow the most are: - Get smarter in the ways that would enable us to accurately predict good ways to grow. This helps us do the following better: - Build up the -potential- to grow, or at least remain alive, in dimensions that, right now, to us, seem good or necessary. - Learn how to know when, and how, to unleash that -potential-. Does that make sense? And does it relate? |