[ExI] I Miss The King of Extropia

[Dave Sill]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:39 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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>>> There is another factor here: we always assume growth.
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> A pretty good long tern assumption if technological progress doesn't stop
dead in its tracks.

There's an interesting article in The New Yorker about LED "light bulbs"
and planned obsolescence:

http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-l-e-d-quandary-why-theres-no-such-thing-as-built-to-last

I'm not sure it's safe to equate technological progress with economic
growth.

-Dave
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