It’s surprising to me how little scrutiny this claim receives.

Maybe it’s true, but haven’t many species had stable populations for millions of years? Basing it only on human history seems like a sampling error.

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also: society ≠ sharks 🙂

It seems possible to me that tech enables continued increase in well being without infinite growth, and maybe declining birth rate is evidence of it.

Growth is important for human psychology. Hedonistic adaption.

The most underappreciated benefit of economic growth is that without it, the economy becomes a zero-sum game. The only way of improving your standard of living is at the expense of someone else. Predictably, recent generations, who have seen slower growth, are more prone to… https://t.co/05FexHmsM4

growth is a moral imperative for democracy

will minshew

https://x.com/wminshew/status/1873946739226665440

Growth is good! 

But I think what's more relevant to democracy is social cohesion. If the majority of growth is going to the top 0.01% in a given society, social cohesion and democracy are still cooked.