So this is slightly misleading as well, because it's a geometric curve upwards. The 'inflection point' you're really looking for is the dawn of the Industrial

So this is slightly misleading as well, because it's a geometric curve upwards. The 'inflection point' you're really looking for is the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. But at least in that capacity - we know what happened: we harnessed energy and could provide for the material wellbeing of huge numbers of people, which can have it's downsides, but it's not all bad. Better 'more' than risking plunging towards nothing. The 'downward plunge' is happening for somewhat unknown reasons, and it's fast, and we don't know when it's going to stop. If you put on the afterburners on an airplane, and it goes up faster than expected, that makes sense. But if the airplanes starts falling out of the sky for no reason ... scary.