Peter Todd wrote:

> Of course, my interpretation of it is that we've evolved 

I find that questionable. I don't see much evolution over the last few
thousand years (that's how far back considerable written testimony goes).
It seems the problems we're facing without being able to get them out of
the way once and forever are still the same. You think environmental
problems are new? Look at Greece and why it's so arid. And Greek culture is
one of the cornerstones modern European culture was built on... so nothing
"exotic".

> to have a stable outlook, be it generally happy or generally unhappy, and
> "growth" of some kind increases it. Makes sense from an evolutionary
> perspective, no reason to get content with what you have, might as well
> always be striving for more.
> 
> So how do you be happier over the long run?
> 
> Constantly acellerating growth.

Let's say this is so, then the, maybe, logical consequence of this would be
to put one's mind to something that can actually grow over the long run,
no? So far, one thing we've managed to grow consistently is public debt --
and I find it rather certain that this has limits. (Among other things that
we manage to grow that we know have limits.)

Gerhard

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