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So there are no limits on a spherical world? you need to read things like this: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/ https://dothemath.
by anonymou2 7y ago
So there are no limits on a spherical world? you need to read things like this: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist... or William Catton's overshoot.
- barry-cotter 7y agoThankfully we are not restricted to the resources available on this spherical world as without energy from outside it we would all freeze to death in short order.
- anonymou2 7y agoSo is that constant inflow from the sun at our disposal to use at ever increasing rates?
- marcus_holmes 7y agoso 2 things: 1. "progress is stealing from future generations" is not the same thing at all as "progress is limited by natural resources", even if you accept the second one is true. Our grandchildren are still better off if we make progress now, even if there is a limit at some point. 2. value in a knowledge-based economy like ours is not linked to natural resources. I can spend this afternoon on my computer either coding or playing games. The resource consumption is the same, but one generates economic value, the other doesn't. The basic assumption that all economic value arises from the consumption of natural resources is flat wrong.