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> Current growth would hit a wall informed by our understanding of physics somewhere very roughly in the thousands-of-years-range. A thousand years is a very o
by Kydlaw 5y ago
> Current growth would hit a wall informed by our understanding of physics somewhere very roughly in the thousands-of-years-range.
A thousand years is a very optimistic estimate I would say.
World3 (which is still on track of its predictions) predicts before 2050, which seems realistic considering the current
context.
- travisjungroth 5y agoVery roughly, then. It’s vaguely on the scale of human or humanity. It’s a pretty big deal it’s not like a geological or planetary time scale.