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by XorNot 1020 days ago
I mean you're doing that right now. You seem to believe we can't have infinite growth. Okay...and? Do you have anything more to add other then a mathematical reductio ad absurdum talking about 1000 year timespans? What tangible actions and economic model do you believe this should inform in the next 5 to 10 years, which you as a citizen of a democracy have some role in choosing and advocating for?
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dredmorbius 1020 days ago
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37386474>

Again: I have sources. You?

I'm reading this as you don't.

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dredmorbius 1019 days ago
Update: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37399144>
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XorNot 1018 days ago
Linking to a half-dozen separate arguments, and presenting no original conclusion or summarizing thought on what you took from those works isn't an argument. In fact it's very much not an argument - it's you presuming that I haven't read those, because otherwise how could I disagree?

My question was quite specific: what do you think we should do in the next 5 to 10 years? Apparently you've read widely on this topic! So widely that when asked this question, the only thing you did was throw book titles and author names around and talk about how great they are. Rather then anything about what they say.

I mean presumably all these distinguished luminaries drew some actionable conclusions right? Because you are calling for actionable things to happen - such as?

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dredmorbius 1018 days ago
Your specific assertion was "Conversely the people who argue against growth never have any answers they want to elaborate on."

<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37386379>

I gave multiple specific authors who have proposed plans. Yes, it's a number of titles; I assure you that's only the thinnest scraping of the broader literature. Or to put it plainly: there are many people who've had "answers they want to elaborate on" ... and you're now complaining that there are too many of them?

Tough to please.

I've asked you now three times who it is you're claiming has no answers.

I'm not exactly still waiting. But if you'd care to provide a response to that question I'd appreciate it.

I'm not asking for a thesis. Just a listing of who or what references you're pointing at.

Seems to be a considerable challenge for you to do so, just sayin'.

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