Population (whether in physical bodies or as bits after mind upload) growth is polynomial bounded by conservation of energy and speed of light. Real commodity g

Population (whether in physical bodies or as bits after mind upload) growth is polynomial bounded by conservation of energy and speed of light. Real commodity growth is bounded the same way. Economic growth without commodity growth leads to everyone having financial means to monopolise everything which is logically incoherent. Real activity on earth has much stricter limits. Humanity could expand into space, but growth on earth can't exceed various limits of commodities and ability to reject waste heat. The growth is always good mindset is the same logic that would have you see a starving man fed being good and then concluding that shoving a firehose of glucose syrup down every person's throat must be better. Growth is bounded. Resource use is bounded. Consumption levels in the worst polluting countries are past optimal for quality of life. The solution is to improve efficiency and reign in waste whilst uplifting those who don't yet have enough.