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NorthernSanctuary · 02-09-2009, 08:11 PM

I just saw the first couple of videos. There's no doubt that most people are not familiar with the expontential nature of growth. We have to reach zero growth at some point. The question is, do we plan to have zero growth when we still have a quality of life, or do we NOT plan, and have a society where people are killing themselve because life is so miserable. Just looking at the faces of the students in the class tells us which end we're closer to.

The scary part is that most people in positions of power know nothing of mathematics. This exp. function should be mandatory teaching (as well a number of other subjects which are so critical, but are not taught).

02-09-2009, 08:11 PM	#3
NorthernSanctuary Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 698	Re: People, we got a problem!!! I just saw the first couple of videos. There's no doubt that most people are not familiar with the expontential nature of growth. We have to reach zero growth at some point. The question is, do we plan to have zero growth when we still have a quality of life, or do we NOT plan, and have a society where people are killing themselve because life is so miserable. Just looking at the faces of the students in the class tells us which end we're closer to. The scary part is that most people in positions of power know nothing of mathematics. This exp. function should be mandatory teaching (as well a number of other subjects which are so critical, but are not taught).