Donella Meadows
In 1972 "The Limits to Growth" computer simulation (system dynamics) study "forecast that exponential growth would lead to economic collapse during the 21st century under a wide variety of growth scenarios".
The dialog will focus on the following diagram. We'll use (1) simply as a definition of sustainability.
The following ideogram – from the cover of the 30th anniversary update – is the message of The Limits to Growth in a nutshell.
