Book · 2004 · Science
Limits to Growth
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From the other side was this uh book by the club of Rome 1972 the limits of growth and it's you can't have we need to head towards a society in which there's zero% there's very limited growth.
Peter Thiel · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 2024 Listen at 45:12 The best things said about it
Because there was a book in 1972 published by the club of rome called the limits to growth.
James Lindsay Timcast IRL · Aug 2022 Why people recommend it
Limits to Growth by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows is a foundational 1972 report commissioned by the Club of Rome that models the consequences of unchecked industrialization against finite global resources. The book has long served as a central touchstone in debates regarding environmentalism, economic policy, and population control. On an episode of Timcast IRL in August 2022, James Lindsay referenced the publication to examine historical Malthusian anxieties and modern theories surrounding population management. Similarly, Peter Thiel discussed the book on a August 2024 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, identifying it as a primary ideological artifact from the environmental movement of the early 1970s. Thiel used the book to illustrate the historical push from institutional bodies advocating for a transition toward a zero-growth economic model, framing the work as a key historical example of arguments warning against the long-term sustainability of continuous material expansion.
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James Lindsay because there was a book in 1972 published by the club of rome called the limits to growth 1
“because there was a book in 1972 published by the club of rome called the limits to growth”
Peter Thiel from the other side was this uh book by the club of Rome 1972 the limits of growth and it's you can't have… 1
“from the other side was this uh book by the club of Rome 1972 the limits of growth and it's you can't have we need to head towards a society in which there's zero% there's very limited growth”
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“and books like you know the population bomb and Al Gore's first book Earth and the balance the limits to growth all these great environmental classics all stem directly from his work”