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| − | When the Limits to Growth report was first released it received a scathing review in The New York Times. Critics called it “misleading and empty”. Despite being the work of a team of scientists from MIT, Limits to Growth was accused of passing off pseudoscience as real science, with the authors of The New York Times going as far as calling it “garbage”. According to them, the report had little to actually teach. Yet more recent examinations of the report — one in 2014 and another in 2021 — reveal the accuracy with which it has been able to predict the course of civilization. Earlier criticisms like the one from The New York Times have been found to be unsubstantiated or grossly misrepresentative of the information. | + | ==Context== |
| + | When the Limits to Growth report was first released it received a scathing review in The New York Times. Critics called it “misleading and empty”. Despite being the work of a team of scientists from MIT lead by Jay Forester, Limits to Growth was accused of passing off pseudoscience as real science, with the authors of The New York Times going as far as calling it “garbage”. According to them, the report had little to actually teach. Yet more recent examinations of the report — one in 2014 and another in 2021 — reveal the accuracy with which it has been able to predict the course of civilization. Earlier criticisms like the one from The New York Times have been found to be unsubstantiated or grossly misrepresentative of the information.<ref>Daniel Susskind, ''Growth: A History and a Reckoning'' Belknap (2024-04-16) ISBN 978-0674294493</ref> | ||
| − | Limits to Growth is as impressive as it is intimidating. It predicts that all outcomes for our future show a decline within the next 20 years. | + | Limits to Growth is as impressive as it is intimidating. It predicts that all outcomes for our future show a decline within the next 20 years. It was a report run by Alexander King, a chemist and Aurelio Peccei and executive at both Fiat and Olivetti to "rebel against the suicidal ignorance of the human condition".<ref>Idrees Kaholoon, ''Higher and Higher'' The New Yorker p. 57-60 (2024-06-03) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/03/growth-a-history-and-a-reckoning-daniel-susskind-book-review</ref> It reported that: "There is, then, a very real chance that we may be headed toward civilization’s collapse."<ref>Donnella Meadows +2, ''Limits to Growth - A Report for THE CLUB OF ROME'S Project on the Predicament of Mankind'' (1972-10-02) ISBN 978-0451136954 https://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Limits-to-Growth-digital-scan-version.pdf</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 12 June 2024
Context
When the Limits to Growth report was first released it received a scathing review in The New York Times. Critics called it “misleading and empty”. Despite being the work of a team of scientists from MIT lead by Jay Forester, Limits to Growth was accused of passing off pseudoscience as real science, with the authors of The New York Times going as far as calling it “garbage”. According to them, the report had little to actually teach. Yet more recent examinations of the report — one in 2014 and another in 2021 — reveal the accuracy with which it has been able to predict the course of civilization. Earlier criticisms like the one from The New York Times have been found to be unsubstantiated or grossly misrepresentative of the information.[1]
Limits to Growth is as impressive as it is intimidating. It predicts that all outcomes for our future show a decline within the next 20 years. It was a report run by Alexander King, a chemist and Aurelio Peccei and executive at both Fiat and Olivetti to "rebel against the suicidal ignorance of the human condition".[2] It reported that: "There is, then, a very real chance that we may be headed toward civilization’s collapse."[3]
References
- ↑ Daniel Susskind, Growth: A History and a Reckoning Belknap (2024-04-16) ISBN 978-0674294493
- ↑ Idrees Kaholoon, Higher and Higher The New Yorker p. 57-60 (2024-06-03) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/03/growth-a-history-and-a-reckoning-daniel-susskind-book-review
- ↑ Donnella Meadows +2, Limits to Growth - A Report for THE CLUB OF ROME'S Project on the Predicament of Mankind (1972-10-02) ISBN 978-0451136954 https://www.donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Limits-to-Growth-digital-scan-version.pdf
