The "Good Old Days" have been found. They were hiding in 1970...

[Gregorian]

1. War seems to be good for promoting growth.

There's too much information behind those graphs to give meaning to most people. But it's valuable

Another thing, percent growth is a poor indicator when the population is as large as it is now. Even 1% growth is disastrous. 1.5 million people are added every week. And all of the stuff that goes along with living a modern life, unless they're poor, in which case it's unfair to have brought them into the world.

We're seeing turbulence in the lives of human beings, as well as the climate. I would rather live in uninteresting times.