> Only in the sense that modernity produces a lot more wealth than any other system humans have come up with. Wealth, as measured in GDP. A metric that has pro

> Only in the sense that modernity produces a lot more wealth than any other system humans have come up with. Wealth, as measured in GDP. A metric that has proven itself a poor predictor for happiness and fulfilling lives, and we do all this at the cost to our environment https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2022/09/death-by-hockey-sticks/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2022/09/death-by-hockey-sticks/. > No, it isn't. Our economies, political systems and culture are all built on the concept of infinite growth. Argue as much as you want, physics makes that impossible in a universe with limited resources.