Growth the Destroyer
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Argument: treating growth as the goal destroys what made something good. Evidence includes the World3 model showing GDP growth doubling consumption (3% ≈ doubling every 35 years), shipping data about the Maersk Triple‑E arms race that creates oversupply and ~$8B annual industry losses, and social network studies (USC, Atlantic Council) finding 9–15% bots ≈ 48M accounts, plus measured bot behavior (hundreds of tweets/min) and 24–48 hour takedown lags. Concrete claim, concrete numbers, concrete failure modes.
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