[schiffern]

>the neolithic revolution, we "transcended" local food supplies

>the "industrial revolution" ... [transcended] muscle power

Except neither revolution really "transcends" the earlier limits, they just apply an ugly hack and then blithely ignore the accompanying consequences.

With agriculture we ignore (effectively "null pricing") the destruction of ecosystems. With industry we ignore the pollution from mining and burning.

It's precisely these side-effects (from earlier, supposedly "transcendent" innovations) that now pushes us beyond safe terrestrial boundaries.