> The big picture is that our society is predicated on continuous economic growth, and that's just not tenable in the long run. On the other hand, US real GDP

> The big picture is that our society is predicated on continuous economic growth, and that's just not tenable in the long run. On the other hand, US real GDP per capita grew 2%, year after year, for more than a century now. It is both the case that exponential growth is unsustainable, and that exponential growth has been sustained. Since exponential growth since industrial revolution is almost entirely responsible for current human welfare, we should try our hardest to continue it.