For the lazy, the blog post that accompanies it (2012): http://bit-player.org/2012/world3-the-public-beta http://bit-player.org/2012/world3-the-public-beta Th

For the lazy, the blog post that accompanies it (2012): http://bit-player.org/2012/world3-the-public-beta http://bit-player.org/2012/world3-the-public-beta The source code: https://github.com/bit-player/limits https://github.com/bit-player/limits I haven't read "The Limits of Growth" but I assume it's from a "peak oil" perspective, predicting societal collapse once oil runs out. I think it's pretty clear we're past idea now, with solar energy and other renewable being deployed globally because of the exponentially decreasing economic costs. One thing I do find interesting is the cyclic nature of the booms and busts of population growth predicted by the model. Even if the assumptions of the model are invalid (short term finite supply of energy) it still might explain some gross level behavior.