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Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’

This article examines the concept of "technofixes" and the common belief that technology can solve all problems, such as the notion that landing a man on the moon means we can overcome any challenge. It discusses how past technological solutions often create new issues rather than resolve existing ones, and emphasizes that alternatives may be overstated. The text argues that true progress requires acknowledging the limits of growth and that solutions must be appropriate to the context, rather than relying on misguided optimism about technology.

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Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’

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  1. Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’

  2. Previous ‘fixes’ overcoming past barriers (?)

  3. Growth delusions: “If we can land a man on the moon, surely we can…”

  4. Often ‘technofixes’ create more problems than they solve.

  5. ‘Technofixes’ can create problems even when most ‘benign’.

  6. Other problems with ‘technofixes’.

  7. Technology can make some difference but the potential of ‘alternatives’ is frequently exaggerated

  8. ‘Alternative’ is frequently not ‘appropriate’ As of 2011

  9. Does production for social need remove ‘limits’ barriers? ? Both, however, run up similar bills in nature’s accounts

  10. Limits-to-growth cannot be cheated!

  11. Limits-to-growth cannot be cheated!

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