| "Limits to Growth"; If the running out of resources doesn't get you, the pollution will. How do you like the look of them unlimited exponential models (and human nature), now, eh? http://www.businessinsider.com/china-water-pollution-2013-3?op=1 At what point does enlightened self-interest lead to society introducing pollution limiting controls that deal with the worst excesses of unfettered capitalism. And will China get there before nature does it for them?  [from: Google+ Posts]  Multiple exponential and interconnected systems with lags lead to models with plenty of chaos. If you live in a mature western democracy, I'm sure we'll all muddle through. We'll gradually give up high speed personal transport and somehow cope with the random food and energy shortages and strange weather. Life will become uncertain rather than impossible which is not necessarily a recipe for revolution. |
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