Tipping Point: The True Story of "The Limits to Growth"

Maybe We Did Want to Save the World (Part 2)

May 19, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Club of Rome Meeting Anecdote

  • Dana Meadows and her MIT team presented their preliminary findings on global limits to growth to the Club of Rome.
  • Despite clear evidence, the club members preferred growth as solutions, ignoring Earth's finite limits.
INSIGHT

Limits to Growth Ideology Insight

  • The root problem was the ideology of endless growth rather than a failure to recognize Earth's limits.
  • Growth was seen as solving all problems, ignoring how one solution might trigger another.
ANECDOTE

Publishing Partner's Surprising Background

  • Donald R. Lech, a former spy expelled from Moscow, helped publish and distribute Dana Meadows' book.
  • The book was distributed widely to heads of state, parliaments, and key journalists worldwide.
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