Trees don't grow to the sky.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Rukeyser uses trees to say everything has natural limits.
- In plain terms
- Nothing grows forever.
- What can you take from it?
- All systems have natural limits.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What limits are you ignoring?
- Where should growth stop?
Another view
Human innovation sometimes pushes natural boundaries.
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