I want progress itself to be sustained, including sustained economic growth. Ultimately I want sustained, continuous increases in human well-being.
Typically today, the term “sustainable” means something else. It can mean sustaining the use of a particular technology or a particular infrastructure base, even if that means limiting growth. In this sense, usually, “sustainability” is the opposite of progress: to sustain is to stagnate.
What exactly do you want to sustain?
I want progress itself to be sustained, including sustained economic growth. Ultimately I want sustained, continuous increases in human well-being.
Typically today, the term “sustainable” means something else. It can mean sustaining the use of a particular technology or a particular infrastructure base, even if that means limiting growth. In this sense, usually, “sustainability” is the opposite of progress: to sustain is to stagnate.
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Unsustainable
A dialogue on growth, progress, and “sustainability”
Reframing “sustainability”
Ultimately, as David Deutsch writes, “only progress is sustainable”.