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By haaa (anonymous) | Posted May 07, 2009 at 15:32:45

I'm not sure that I buy that curve.

For example, my consumption of air follows a stepped curve, where under a certain consumption I get zero fulfillment, followed by a nice flat area of total fulfilment.

This curve may be true for beer and chocolate, but not doctor visits, poems, sunshine, smiles, leisure time, sex and many other consumables.

As more and more of our economy's production grows into intangible, non physical items, physical constraints diminish. I don't see the inevitability for humanity to stop programming computers, writing books, and shuffling papers. We will certainly reach the maximum utilization of physical resources eventually, but we will continue to grow forever.

Growth isn't a sin of humanity, it's the root motivator for all life.

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