To Infinity and Beyond

Thinking about the fact that time is not infinite can help the present world achieve a level of self-actualization that society is starting to collectively grasp.

Guy: Built into our culture is the notion — and it goes without question by most people — that we’re going to live a long time. That civilization will persist forever. That economic growth is just a given, and every generation will have more than the generation before. Which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising. Since nobody comes on the television

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Guy: Built into our culture is the notion — and it goes without question by most people — that we’re going to live a long time. That civilization will persist forever. That economic growth is just a given, and every generation will have more than the generation before. Which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising. Since nobody comes on the television

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Guy: Built into our culture is the notion — and it goes without question by most people — that we’re going to live a long time. That civilization will persist forever. That economic growth is just a given, and every generation will have more than the generation before. Which I guess shouldn’t be too surprising. Since nobody comes on the television

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But as long as people keep creating more stuff that people want, and finding ways to make people pay for that stuff, GDP keeps growing. The question is whether that requires increasing use of natural resources. Degrowthers say yes; the assertion that “a finite planet cannot sustain infinite growth” has become something that people intone online as ... See more

“Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries.”

A system predicated on perpetual growth cannot be reconciled with a finite planet.