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by Aziell 380 days ago
I used to think Limits to Growth was too pessimistic. But over time, it feels like the trends it described are quietly happening. Not all the predictions were accurate, but the overall feeling was right . We do seem to be getting closer to boundaries we don’t really want to face.
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The book was wrong about nearly everything. Your takeaway is very weird. But I'm happy to sell you some beachfront property or a nice bridge in New York.
The thing about logistic growth is that getting the growth rate wrong merely shifts the timeline, it doesn't change the destination.
The difference between the bus showing up to take me to work every morning at 7:30 and showing up in the year 4025 have a significance that only a doomer would try to minimize