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Technology Cannot Solve the Resource Problem
Because technology consumes resources, the resource problem created by the very benefits of modernity (medicine, nutrition, longevity) will not be solved by technology; humans fail to understand exponential growth, so like a bacterium doubling in a jar that is only a quarter full four minutes before being completely full, we will exhaust resources we use exponentially very soon, and it is a matter of when, not if.
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Iain McGilchristEvidence Quote
“It's not a matter of, you know, if. It's a matter of when; and it will be very soon. We will have exhausted various kinds of resource which we are using exponentially.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:15:28 AM
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