Speeding into a wall?
If we—as society—were 'speeding into a wall' (moving in a direction that leads to an inevitable disaster)—would we know it? Would we be able to make a turn?
Is our societal nervous system structured in a way that makes seeing and turning virtually impossible?
We tell the story about The Limits to Growth to illustrate the larger systemic issue, and to motivate a conversation—see the beginning of the article Bootstrapping Social-Systemic Evolution.