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Exponential growth, otoh, is quite a regular feature of nature. Rabbits boom and bust. Single cell algae transforms a newly formed pond within days, followed by
by netcan 5y ago
Exponential growth, otoh, is quite a regular feature of nature. Rabbits boom and bust. Single cell algae transforms a newly formed pond within days, followed by exponential growth of organisms that like to feed on it.
- brightstep 5y agoThen our infinite growth economy is like an invasive species that has taken over the planet. Hunting resources to extinction, growing ever larger and all-encompassing, heating up our planet with its metabolic cycle of fossil fuel extraction and burning.
- denton-scratch 5y agoInteresting thing about exponential growth: it always comes to an end rather quickly. If it weren't so, the planet would be completely covered in rabbits.
- brightstep 5y agoSounds like a good reason not to base a global economy on it, then.