The article on Ernst was funny, and useful. I did like having the other video on Memphis as a resource.
But the Ernst article capped something that came up in some other conversations over the past few days. If I had to summarize the posture of the current fascist apparatus to the country-at-large right now, I would say it is the one that always defined their propaganda department, and in some ways grows out of it: To add insult to injury. That was just one more familiar English idiom to me for most of my life, but not one that carried a particularly interesting meaning. Now I find it _very_ interesting, as it captures a whole axis of human power struggles that sometimes coalesces into an order and goes active on large scale. As Einstein said: the rest are details. Eric > On Jun 4, 2025, at 4:18, glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > IDK. I get the feeling each of us is a little right and a little wrong. The > poisoning of the Memphis air by Grok > <https://youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?si=-zH1AIgCpJ_fcdPd> is a fantastic example of > why Capitalism is (has been) failing, despite its early success. It's not > that we're all greedy pigs. Yes, *some* of us might be. But even Elno isn't > merely a greedy pig. > > The problem is externalities, the things we can't even register for whatever > reason. If Pieter (and Marcus in a different way) are right, what AI might be > able to do that we have trouble doing is taking in a wider array of data. > Maybe not *all* the data, but a much wider array than even our mega-machines > like FedEx or Amazon logistics can't manage. > > The problem with that horizon is that there's a ton of work to be done to get > there. And poisoning poor minorities on the way to that horizon isn't helping > *us* do that work. Again, anyone who uses Grok is actively poisoning Memphis. > That's an externality. I can't blame Grok users for being so stupid-or-evil > because that's what Capitalism does to us. > > So, I end up landing with Jochen on this one. Even if there's a possible way > to thread this needle, we prolly won't make it. And evil scum like Elno will > help ensure our failure. But to be clear, I have no children and will be dead > soon. So c'est la vie: > https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5418932/we-all-are-going-to-die-ernst-joni-town-hall-iowa-senator > > > On 6/3/25 12:01 PM, steve smith wrote: >> Roger Critchlow wrote: >>> The core problem is that people are greedy little pigs. Some are greedier >>> than others and some are more successful in pursuing their greed, but we're >>> all pigs and if offered the chance to take a little more for ourselves, we >>> take it. Scale that up and it's tragedies of the commons all the way down. >>> >>> -- rec -- >>> >> and somehow, our elevating of individuals and groups to positions of >> (political, spiritual, moral) authority/power over ourselves (everyone >> else?) to try to either limit this greed or mitigate its consequences has >> had mixed results and coupled with (other) technologies has lead to an >> iterative "kicking the can down the road" which keeps raising the stakes as >> the (only?) way to avoid the current disaster we are facing? >> Is there any evidence or suggestion that the emerging AI overlords >> (monotheistic, pantheonic, animistic, panconscious) will be more >> clever/able/powerful enough to end this cycle? >> Or (as I think Pieter implies) this framing is just "all wrong" and there is >> something like platonic "manifest destiny" that will lead us forward through >> the chaos of our own technological shockwaves? Is "the Singularity" just >> the instant when we reach conceptual Mach1 and we catch up with our bow-wave >> in the Kauffmanian "adjacent possible"? We just need to keep accelerating >> until we break that "barrier"? >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: >>> >>> One core problem is we have unleashed global capitalism and seems to >>> destroy the planet. Once the planet has been destroyed and polluted it will >>> be difficult to restore. Communism does not work because nobody had an >>> incentive to work since nobody owned anything. Capitalism does not work >>> because nobody has an incentive to protect nature. It means ruthless and >>> relentless exploitation of everything to make profit. >>> >>> >>> As much as I would like to be hopeful about the future I don't see >>> radical abundance at all. It is true that AI systems become more and more >>> powerful. They soon will be able to take away even the good, creative jobs >>> like writing, translating, coding and designing. This means massive >>> unemployment. In combination with high inflation this will most likely be >>> devastating. >>> >>> >>> If we look at the past what happened if prices went up radically and >>> jobs were lost on a massive scale is that people become outraged and angry >>> and then some demagogue comes along and deflects their anger and outrage >>> towards group xy [immigrants or black people or LGBTQ folks or some other >>> minority group] which is to blame for everything and he is the only man who >>> can solve it because he is a strong man, etc. and we end up in a world >>> world ruled by strongmen, each of them ruler of a great power having a >>> sphere of influence and strategic interest in which they allow no >>> opposition. In this autocratic world the big and strong countries decide >>> the fate of their smaller neighbors and anyone who disagrees vanishes in an >>> artic gulag or horrible prison in mesoamerica. >>> >>> >>> As Edward O. Wilson said "The real problem of humanity is the following: >>> We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. >>> And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of >>> crisis overall." >>> >>> >>> -J. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Pieter Steenekamp <piet...@randcontrols.co.za> >>> Date: 6/2/25 2:06 AM (GMT+01:00) >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >>> <friam@redfish.com> >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Limits to Growth >>> >>> It seems I’m the only one here who’s feeling hopeful about the future of >>> humanity. I don’t think civilisation is about to fall apart. In fact, I >>> believe we’re heading towards a time of radical abundance. >>> >>> I was going to prove this by asking my crystal ball… but sadly, the >>> batteries are flat. So you’ll just have to trust me when I say I know the >>> truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >>> >>> Of course, many of you probably think you have the real truth. And maybe >>> you're right! >>> >>> I guess the honest thing to say is: the future is unknowable. We can all >>> make good arguments, quote experts, and write long replies—but there simply >>> isn’t enough evidence to say with high confidence what the future holds for >>> humanity. >>> >>> To end off: yes, I agree that without further innovation, we could be in >>> serious trouble. But a strong counterpoint is that, over the last few >>> hundred years, human creativity has helped us overcome challenge after >>> challenge. >>> >>> Unless someone shares a new angle I haven’t heard yet, I’ll leave it >>> here and won’t post again on this thread. >>> >>> On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 at 22:41, Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: >>> >>> Texas uses a lot more electricity than California despite being a >>> smaller economy. What’s interesting is that there is no one sink for that >>> power. It isn’t pumping (although there is a lot of pumping), and it >>> isn’t residential air conditioning or data centers. It’s bigger >>> everything and an appetite to use power across the board. >>> >>> *From: *Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of steve smith >>> <sasm...@swcp.com> >>> *Date: *Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM >>> *To: *friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com> >>> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Limits to Growth >>> >>> As we know, I'm of the school of thought that (techno) Utopian and >>> Dystopian visions are two sides of the same coin: >>> >>> <peak-oil> >>> >>> I think peak oil (fossil-fuels) is a real thing, now matter how >>> much we slide the timescale with innovative ways to suck harder or deeper >>> and burn it more efficiently... and in particular the side-effect of >>> saturating the atmo(bio)sphere with carbon particulates, polymers (e.g. >>> microplastics) and molecules (COn, CH4, etc) and the myriad attendant >>> not-very-healthy-to-most-life chloroflouros and Nitrous-this-n-thats and >>> ... on and on. We (in our technofuturist way) pretend we have maxwell >>> demons or geni-rebottlers or pandora-box-refillers on the drawing boards >>> which will do their work faster than entropy and in the particular >>> techno-industrial concentrated-energy-fueled version thereof. >>> >>> Fossil fuels made us into an incredibly energy-hungry/wasteful >>> society... I'm a fan of Switzerland's (nominal) 2000W society >>> (aspiration), although the human *animal's* basal metabolic rate is <100W >>> avg and peaks at 200-300W (burst performance athlete). The the nominal >>> consumption for the western world is EU (5k) and US (10k) of which a big >>> part from the infrastructure and other "hidden" sources like transport of >>> food/goods across the planet for our appetite and convenience. The "global >>> south" is considered to make it on 500-1500W. 8B humans at "subsistence" >>> would demand 8tW continuous and at US rates, 80tW continuous. >>> >>> I haven't resolved this against DaveW's numbers but I take his >>> to be order-of-magnitude accurate on principle. As we add supersonic and >>> orbital-vacation transport I suspect we might jack that another 10X... >>> not to (even) mention power-hungry crypto/AI demands? GPT (ironic no?) >>> helped me guestimate 40w/user (engaged) continuous *currently*. A >>> significant fraction of a carbon-frugal "budget" and a measurable plus-up >>> on our gluttonous US (and even EU or CH) versions? >>> >>> </peak-oil> >>> >>> <EV-enthusiasm> >>> >>> I'm a big fan/early adopter (tinkerer really) of "electric >>> vehicles" and renewable energy, but the numbers just don't work. I was >>> hypermiling my Honda CRX (fit my oversized frame like a slipper or roller >>> skate) long before there were viable production electrics or hybrids. I >>> had the back half of a donor CRX ready to receive the rear differential of >>> a miata or rx7 (same stance, similar suspension mounts) with a 90's >>> brushless DC motor as well as a pair of VW cabriolets (running but one >>> lame) as well for the same conception (early 2000s) when I scored a >>> year1/gen1 Honda Insight (and a friend spun the CRX out in the rain)... so >>> I gave up on my hypermiling (70mpg RT to Los Alamos, power up, coast home) >>> for thoughtful Insight-driving. All three of these models were order 2k >>> lbs. Most vehicles are/were 3k-6klbs. >>> >>> Along came the Chevy Volt (2011) and in 2016 I picked one up >>> which had been used up... or at least the hybrid battery (at 166k miles). A >>> used (95k mile) battery and a lot of tech work and it was back to full >>> function. The VWs never broke 40mpg hypermiling, the CRX clocked 70mpg >>> in ideal conditions, the Insight topped 50-55mpg with careful driving (hard >>> to hypermile a CVT), and with the PHEV nature of the volt I can still pull >>> >70mpg if I ignore the input from the grid. The old battery is offering >>> about 10kWh of capacity for a homestead scale PV I'm assembling from $.10/W >>> used solar panels mainly to buffer for the PHEV charging. Unfortunately >>> the replacement Volt battery is finally getting lame and replacement is >>> such a huge effort this 15 year old vehicle will go the way of many other >>> 200k mile plus vehicles. I've backfilled with a low(er) mileage 2014 Ford >>> C-Max PHEV with only about 10 miles (compared to new-30 in the volt) PHEV >>> which I'm getting >>> roughly the same effective MPG (still ignoring the grid input). >>> I'm looking for a Gen2 Volt which had 50mile EV-only range (otherwise very >>> similar to Gen1) as I might move *all* my semi-local miles to Electric (and >>> supply them with used PV staged through the upcycled EV batteries?). >>> >>> FWIW, the anti-EV stories about the extra weight yielding >>> accelerated brake/tire wear is specious in my experience. My *driving >>> habits* in an EV (or hypermiled conventional/hybrid) obviate excess tire >>> wear (no spinouts, no uber-accelleration/braking) and even a thoughtless >>> driver likely gets more from regenerative braking than any excess weight >>> abuse... I also claim that being MPG/consumption attunes my driving >>> habits to fewer/shorter/slower trips. I have owned a few gas-guzzling >>> vehicles in my life, including one I commuted too far in for a while... the >>> 32 gallon tank convolved with peaking gas prices and a 60 mile RT commute >>> that year should have warned me off... but instead I just closed my eyes >>> and ran my plastic through the card reader 1.5 times per week... my housing >>> cost differential paid the bill but without regard to the planet. I did >>> give over to a carpool in a 30mpg vehicle (shared 3 ways) for a while which >>> really beat the 15mpg 1-person I was >>> doing otherwise. I went through a LOT more tire rubber and >>> brake pads in that context than I ever did in years of hybrid/EV ownership. >>> Did I say specious? Or at least apples-orangatans? >>> >>> </EV-enthusiasm> >>> >>> <Alt/Transport ideation> >>> >>> I also have my 750W (foldable) eBike which is (currently) >>> impractical to me (closest services 10 miles of 4 lane) for anything but >>> recreation/exercise and a 300W lower-body exoskeleton, each of which has >>> much better "mpg" in principle (esp eBike) when hybridized with human >>> calorie-to-kinetic conversion. I've a friend (10 years my senior) whose >>> e-Recumbent-trike with similar specs is his primary mode of utility >>> transport (under 20 miles RT). >>> >>> All that said, I don't think electromotifying 4-6klb hunks of >>> steel and glass with environmental control suitable for 0F-120F comfort for >>> 4+ people while traveling at 60+mph and making 0-60 accellerations in under >>> 6 seconds is really a viable strategy for the 8B folks on the planet we >>> want to sell them to. Esp with a useful lifetime of <15 years?(planned >>> obselescence aside?). Maybe robo-taxi/rideshare versions in the context >>> of (mostly) walkable cities (nod to JennyQ) and public transport and >>> general local/regionalism is (semi) viable. >>> >>> </Alt-Transport ideation> >>> >>> <Local/Regionalism> >>> >>> I've got strawberry plants making me (from compost and >>> sunlight) fewer berries in a season than I just bought at the grocery >>> imported from MX for <$3 (on sale)... and my while I wait for my >>> 3-sister's plantings to produce a few months of carbs/protein at-best the >>> modern fossil-fuel/pollution global marketplace offers me the same for >>> probably several tens of dollars? As a seed-saving, composter with a well >>> (that could be pumped by solar but isn't) my impact on planetary boundaries >>> could be nil to positive... but it is hard to scale this up even for >>> myself, much less proselytize and/or support my neighbors in matching me. >>> I cut Jeff Bezos off from my direct support (via Amazon purchases) when he >>> aligned himself with the other TechBros aligning with the Orange Tyrant, so >>> I may well have reduced my manufacturing/transport appetite/consumption a >>> little (small amounts of that appetite moved to local traditional >>> store-forward versions as well as direct-mail >>> purchases from non-Amazon/big-box distributors). >>> >>> </Local-Regionalism> >>> >>> <TechnoUtopianism> >>> >>> I am a reformed technoUtopian... I grew up on "good >>> old-fashioned future" science fiction (starting with scientific romances >>> from the early industrial age) and studied and practiced my way into a >>> science education and a technical career/lifestyle and wanted to believe >>> for the longest time that we could always kick the can down the road a >>> little harder/smarter/further each time and/or just "drive faster". And >>> we are doing that somewhat effectively *still*, but in my many decades I've >>> got more time glancing in the rear-view mirror to see the smoking wreckage >>> behind us, as well as over the horizon to see how many of the negative >>> consequences of our actions land on other folks who never came close to >>> enjoying the benefits of that "progress". I guess that means this >>> erstwhile libertarian has become a "self-loathing liberal". >>> >>> Or a convert to the Buddhist ideal of "Skillful Means"? >>> >>> </TechnoUtopianism> >>> >>> On 6/1/25 10:10 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote: >>> >>> I think you are underestimating how much progress has been made >>> with batteries in recent years. >>> California has large solar resources, and it is not unusual that >>> during the day the whole grid is powered by solar. Here is from last week. >>> Note the huge surge of battery usage in the evening. Tens of gigawatts >>> of generation power are planned for offshore wind too. >>> >>> Generally, though, I agree that much of the planet is completely >>> addicted to oil, and there’s no technology that will yet handle air travel. >>> Hydrogen might work, but it will take time. >>> >>> The way to break an addiction is to have the addict hit rock >>> bottom. >>> >>> There need to be some scary climate events. The prices for >>> energy need to increase before people change their ways. Redirecting energy >>> into AI is one way to bring that to fruition. >>> >>> A chart of different colors Description automatically generated >>> >>> *From: *Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> >>> <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Prof David West >>> <profw...@fastmail.fm> <mailto:profw...@fastmail.fm> >>> *Date: *Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM >>> *To: *friam@redfish.com <friam@redfish.com> >>> <mailto:friam@redfish.com> >>> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] Limits to Growth >>> >>> Unfortunately, it is almost certain that there will never be >>> enough 'fossil fuel free power stations' to supply needed energy for >>> electric vehicles. >>> >>> Data centers, driven in large part by AI demands and >>> cryptocurrency will leave nothing left over. >>> >>> Some numbers: >>> >>> Three Mile Island, which is being recommissioned to supply power >>> to a couple of Microsoft Data Centers, has a capacity of 7 Terawatt >>> hours(T/w/h) per year. >>> >>> In 2022 data centers, globally, consumed 460 TWh, by 2026 this >>> is estimated to be 1,000 Twh. By 2040 projected demand is 2,000-3,000 TWh. >>> >>> Crypto adds 100-150 TWh in 2022, 200-300 in 2030, and 400-600 in >>> 2040. >>> >>> Nuclear is unlikely to provide more than 25% of this demand. >>> >>> Between now and 2040, it will be necessary to build 100 >>> TMI-capacity nuclear plants to supply that 25%. >>> >>> If solar is to supply the other 75%, it will require between >>> 66,000 and 80,000 square miles of solar panels. (Don't know how many >>> batteries, but the number is not trivial.) >>> >>> Wind power, for that 75%, will require 153,000 to 214,000 >>> turbines, each requiring 50-60 acres of space beneath them. (Also the >>> problem of batteries.) >>> >>> It takes 10-15 years to build a nuclear plant like TMI, have no >>> idea now many dollars. >>> >>> Neither solar nor wind, nor combined, can be installed fast >>> enough to meet this demand and, again, have no idea of cost. >>> >>> Nothing left over for cars, the lights in your home and office, >>> or to charge your phone: unless, of course we continue to rely on oil >>> (shale and fracking), natural gas, and coal. >>> >>> davew >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2025, at 6:24 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote: >>> >>> This is why I’m so excited about electric vehicles—I feel >>> like a kid waiting for Christmas! Add clean fossil fuel free power stations >>> into the mix, and voilà: abundant clean energy, no miracle inventions >>> required. Just some clever tech and a whole lot of charging cables! >>> >>> On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 at 12:57, Jochen Fromm >>> <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: >>> >>> I believe we all have a slighty distorted view because >>> we were all born long after industrialization has started and have seen >>> nothing but growth. Industrialization started around 200 years ago in Great >>> Britain and spread shortly after to America and Europe. First by exploiting >>> coal and steam engines, later by oil and petrol engines. Tanks, warplanes, >>> warships as well as normal cars, planes and ships all consume oil. >>> >>> Richard Heinberg writes in his book "The End of Growth": >>> "with the fossil fuel revolution of the past century and a half, we have >>> seen economic growth at a speed and scale unprecedented in all of human >>> history. We harnessed the energies of coal, oil, and natural gas to build >>> and operate cars, trucks, highways, airports, airplanes, and electric grids >>> - all the esential features of modern industrial society. Through the >>> one-time-only process of extracting and burning hundreds of millions of >>> years worth of chemically stored sunlight, we built what appeared (for a >>> brief, shining moment) to be a perpetual-growth machine. We learned to take >>> what was in fact an extraordinary situation for granted. It became normal >>> [...] During the past 150 years, expanding access to cheap and abundar >>> fossil fuels enabled rapid economic expansion at an average rate of about >>> three percent per year; economic planners began to take this situain for >>> granted. Financial systems >>> internalized the expectation of growth as a promise of >>> returns on investments." >>> >>> >>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2frichardheinberg.com%2fbookshelf%2fthe-end-of-growth-book&c=E,1,nzlrkeL5HLuehgUxhKl1d8PdacTU0NRf-2ZBY9aaQm5s4-aonYEui7c25ga2UqBXRqhPa5s3CyWCVJjVNeFD11-nEJMsLKepm7-R7eQzFWB0_sXrFa2_fQ,,&typo=1 >>> >>> Heinberg argues the time of cheap and abundant fossil >>> fuels has come to an end. There 1.5 billion cars in the world which consume >>> oil and produce CO2. Resources are depleted while pollution and population >>> have reached all time highs. It is true that humans are innovative and >>> ingenious, especially in times of scarcity, necessity and need, and we are >>> able to find replacements for depleted resources, but Heinberg argues in >>> his book "Peak Everything: that "in a finite world, the number of possible >>> replacements is also finite". For example we were able to replace the whale >>> oil by petroleum, but finding a replacement for petroleum is much harder. >>> >>> >>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2frichardheinberg.com%2fbookshelf%2fpeak-everything&c=E,1,bg1FwidiDSKiX03kgeCoj_oa52G1jzZy8fTR0UqPcFDpeY7vnTfGxI_7NV3_csaEtqlZdyCagSVvGpwaW5Qxt8DQpwf61B4XepPmcPLwPSM7_g,,&typo=1 >>> >>> Without oil no army would move, traffic would cease, no >>> container or cruise ship would be able to go anywhere and therefore >>> international trade and tourism would stop. On the bright side no more >>> plastic and CO2 pollution either. >>> >>> In his book "End of Growth" Heinberg mentions >>> "transition towns" as a path towards a more sustainable society and an >>> economy which is not based on fossil-fuels. >>> >>> >>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fdonellameadows.org%2farchives%2frob-hopkins-my-town-in-transition%2f&c=E,1,Yuks1Jqf3eoXCZjcK3VmNg-9cWBSLr-JYT3Phr7OtoVV-hw2rhlo5BjeMWLigjqY2_RBKgSAeNAUpuKWDjSg5fV_o2CUpA3Lg4bSW75JXTNkGi96m72CBaCz&typo=1 >>> >>> French author Victor Hugo wrote 200 years ago that "the >>> paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor". If rich people >>> start to realize this and help to find a way to a more sustainable, livable >>> society it would be a start. >>> >>> -J. >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> >>> From: Pieter Steenekamp <piet...@randcontrols.co.za> >>> >>> Date: 5/31/25 5:46 AM (GMT+01:00) >>> >>> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group >>> <friam@redfish.com> >>> >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Limits to Growth >>> >>> I’ve always loved the Simon-Ehrlich bet story—two clever >>> guys betting on the future of the planet. Ehrlich lost the bet, but the >>> debate still runs circles today. >>> >>> >>> https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fourworldindata.org%2fsimon-ehrlich-bet&c=E,1,MrAUoivlkpvkeWjZualvEhXbEaFIdNvZugvq0j_Z8prSq3I5HlacrwembAiizImBiA8YncPoVlNdU_yESj_PvO5bKpk-vdlnN6FgE0om1-imBepZA7E,&typo=1 >>> >>> This article nails it: over the long term, prices mostly >>> go down, not up, as innovation kicks in. We don’t "run out" of resources—we >>> get better at using them. Scarcity shifts, but human creativity shifts >>> faster. >>> >>> The Limits to Growth folks had good intentions, but the >>> real limit seems to be how fast we can adapt and rethink. And so far, we’re >>> doing okay—messy, uneven, but okay. >>> >>> Turns out, betting against human ingenuity is the real >>> risky business. >>> >>> On Fri, 30 May 2025 at 21:51, steve smith >>> <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: >>> >>> REC - >>> >>> Very timely... I did a deep dive/revisit (also met >>> the seminal work in college in the 70s) into Limits to Growth and World3 >>> before the Stockholm workshop on Climate (and other existential threats) >>> Complexity Merle wrangled in 2019.... and was both impressed and >>> disappointed. Rockstrom and folks were located right across the water from >>> us where we met but to my knowledge didn't engage... their work was very >>> complementary but did not feel as relevant to me then as it does now. >>> >>> In the following interview, I felt he began to >>> address many of the things I (previously) felt were lacking in their >>> framework previoiusly. It was there all the time I'm sure, I just didn't >>> see it and I think they were not ready to talk as broadly of implications 5 >>> years ago as they are now? >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_3mOgvrN4 >>> >>> Did anyone notice the swiss village inundated by >>> debris and meltwater from the glacier collapse uphill? Signs of the times >>> or "business as usual"? >>> >>> - SAS >>> >>> On 5/30/25 12:16 PM, Roger Critchlow wrote: >>> >>> >>> https://thenextwavefutures.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/limits-to-growth-was-right-about-overshoot-and-collapse-new-data/ >>> >>> I remember the Limits to Growth from my freshman >>> year in college. Now Hackernews links to the above in which some people >>> argue that we've achieved the predicted overshoot for the business as usual >>> scenario and the subsequent collapse begins now. 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