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The speaker argues that a large system of power and capital depends on promises of perpetual growth to sustain itself.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“place ideologically and physically this giant system of power and capital that needs”
“The promise of perpetual growth in order to maintain a lot of that power and capital.”Play from 45:16Report a misattribution
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