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you mentioned it yourself in another thread: but yes, the growth rate in any given year is limited by resources available and human innovation I think that human population can well outstrip innovation especially when you consider that an innovation now can take many years to disseminate to the world at large.
But human population hasn't outstripped innovation or our ability to acquire resources up to this point. Why would it now? It's quite evident that worldwide living conditions have generally risen throughout our history. And I don't see why any innovation now would take longer to affect the world at large. If anything, with our superior communication and transportation (compared to the rest of history), innovation pro…
Re: Larry Page on how to change the world
#31I don't have an answer and I also don't think this problem will ever go away. Humans will always expand right up to the limit of whatever is currently supportable. If we're right at the limit all the time that means fluctuations will sometimes take us above that limit.