PayWall...
If only we [had known this in 1972](https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/), we might have been able to do something about it. If only.
For the sarcasm illiterate, we knew. We knew, we know, we do nothing. We have done nothing for literally generations.
I've chosen to learn to adapt instead of working to prevent a disaster created by my great grandparents' generation.
We didn't do anything then and I see no evidence that we will do anything until we simply can't. We are good at playing with bookkeeping numbers, pretending to have sustainable goals. But everyone wants economic growth and higher standard of living, which at present is driven by extraction and exploitation of resources, primarily powered by fossil fuels.
I agree. The momentum of society is to keep itself intact, grow and profit. That is our civilization, and even if the population collapses that will still be the goal, posed as “we will rebuild, I see opportunity here”.
The population growth curve is unrealistic given that by about 2045, the average male world wide will have zero viable sperm.
So, Children of Men it is!
PayWall... If only we [had known this in 1972](https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/), we might have been able to do something about it. If only.
But would we have done anything? Will we do anything now?
For the sarcasm illiterate, we knew. We knew, we know, we do nothing. We have done nothing for literally generations. I've chosen to learn to adapt instead of working to prevent a disaster created by my great grandparents' generation.
We didn't do anything then and I see no evidence that we will do anything until we simply can't. We are good at playing with bookkeeping numbers, pretending to have sustainable goals. But everyone wants economic growth and higher standard of living, which at present is driven by extraction and exploitation of resources, primarily powered by fossil fuels.
I agree. The momentum of society is to keep itself intact, grow and profit. That is our civilization, and even if the population collapses that will still be the goal, posed as “we will rebuild, I see opportunity here”.
About the time that Issac Newton predicted the end of the world.
Paywall, help!
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