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What does it mean?
Unlimited expansion without purpose is destructive and unsustainable like cancer.
In plain terms
Growing just to grow is bad.
What can you take from it?
Growth needs a purpose.

Where it applies

  • business strategy
  • economic policy
  • environmental debate

Putting it to work

  • planning
  • resource management
  • critique of capitalism

Questions to consider

  • Is growth always good?
  • What should we grow instead?

Another view

Some growth is necessary for survival.

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