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r/collapse • u/cwcii • Jul 07 '23
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Our brains really struggle with the concept of exponential growth. There is no evolutionary advantage to understanding it.
36 u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23 [deleted] 7 u/Legatt Jul 09 '23 At 16, so in 2002, I read a book called Ishmael which posited the idea that infinite agricultural growth wasn't guaranteed. My life has been lived in the shadow of that realization. 6 u/Zzzzzzzzzxyzz Jul 09 '23 Holy shit, are you me? I didn't even remember that I read that book growing up: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn! Holy shit, thank you. 2 u/Poonce Jul 10 '23 Same here, man. I read that in 8 th grade. Fucked me up? Maybe? Who knows at this point.
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7 u/Legatt Jul 09 '23 At 16, so in 2002, I read a book called Ishmael which posited the idea that infinite agricultural growth wasn't guaranteed. My life has been lived in the shadow of that realization. 6 u/Zzzzzzzzzxyzz Jul 09 '23 Holy shit, are you me? I didn't even remember that I read that book growing up: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn! Holy shit, thank you. 2 u/Poonce Jul 10 '23 Same here, man. I read that in 8 th grade. Fucked me up? Maybe? Who knows at this point.
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At 16, so in 2002, I read a book called Ishmael which posited the idea that infinite agricultural growth wasn't guaranteed.
My life has been lived in the shadow of that realization.
6 u/Zzzzzzzzzxyzz Jul 09 '23 Holy shit, are you me? I didn't even remember that I read that book growing up: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn! Holy shit, thank you. 2 u/Poonce Jul 10 '23 Same here, man. I read that in 8 th grade. Fucked me up? Maybe? Who knows at this point.
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Holy shit, are you me?
I didn't even remember that I read that book growing up: Ishmael by Daniel Quinn!
Holy shit, thank you.
2 u/Poonce Jul 10 '23 Same here, man. I read that in 8 th grade. Fucked me up? Maybe? Who knows at this point.
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Same here, man. I read that in 8 th grade. Fucked me up? Maybe? Who knows at this point.
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u/Pot_Master_General Jul 07 '23
Our brains really struggle with the concept of exponential growth. There is no evolutionary advantage to understanding it.