Don Romano (alt)Rather fascinating theory about the Industrial Revolution, and how it didn't actually cause an acceleration in economic growth. The world was following a hyperbolic economic growth trajectory even before that, but the Malthusian Trap meant that population growth would always catch up and spread the resources thinly again. Our quality of living is mostly improving because we are inventing ever better machines at a faster pace than our population growth. Fewer people enjoy greater spoils.
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