>But we know that unbounded growth is neither healthy nor possible. Why is it unhealthy? From where I'm standing, this growth better be essentially unbounded f

>But we know that unbounded growth is neither healthy nor possible. Why is it unhealthy? From where I'm standing, this growth better be essentially unbounded for our purposes. This value's growth represents the advancement of our technology and society. If it stops growing then it indicates that we have stopped advancing. I think this growth, for practical purposes, is unbounded. Even if we somehow hit a wall and are unable to advance our technology itself, we can start harnessing the resources in our solar system and engineer more complex systems to take care of our needs. The resources in our solar system might as well be infinite compared to what humanity uses so far. To put it into perspective what a lack of growth means: 80-90% of all scientists are alive today. Before the industrial revolution, the estimated GDP per capita (PPP) doubled in 1500 years. That is to say, the average person in the area of Denmark in the year 100 AD could buy about 1-2 cups of 1990s coffee for their day's worth of labor, while the average person in the area of Denmark 1600 AD could buy about 2-4 cups of 1990s coffee for their day's worth of labor.[0] That is to say, life for the average person didn't improve much over the centuries. To compare this to the modern world (post industrial revolution): Denmark's GDP per capita PPP doubled from 1999 to 2018 - less than 20 years. The average Dane today could afford 80 cups of that 1990s coffee for a day's labor. This "unbounded growth" is fundamental to our modern society. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_past_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_by_past_GDP_...