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About 200 years ago, the world started getting rich. Why?
- tus666 4y agoSounds like someone hasn't heard of the industrial revolution.
- mogadsheu 4y agoThe authors interviewed in the article point heavily to industrialization and increasing rates of innovation. The unpopular root of these is the utilization of fossil fuels. I.e. we found and harnessed a 600M+ year energy bank account.
- chrispeel 4y ago> The unpopular root of these is the utilization of fossil fuels... The last paragraph of the article mentions "intangibles", but doesn't follow up on it. My hope is that we can have economic growth that is based in intangible capital, and that economic growth can continue, even with a stable or decreasing human population, and ever-decreasing reliance on fossil fuels