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by Mistletoe 1063 days ago
Your kind of thought process will seem amusing and quaint in the future and I don’t think it’s just 8th grade math nerd thinking. The math says we have existed in a very unique century historically with regard to economic growth.

https://www.cold-takes.com/this-cant-go-on/

Even maintaining current economic growth would mean a 10x by 2100, which is absurd in a world expected to stop population growth by then.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/17/worlds-po...