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I guess energy will be the big factor here. If we don’t have cheap enough energy sources / storage to replace oil and coal, the growth will stagnate.

But on the other hand, if renewables or fusion or whatever becomes cheap and abundant enough, this alone could power a huge leap in productivity. Just imagine what could be done if energy was essentially “free”.



>Just imagine what could be done if energy was essentially “free”.

Overheating the planet, for one.

https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/07/galactic-scale-energy/




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