You know what drastically slowed its rate of growth in the 70's? Energy production, from something like 9%/yr to 3.5%/yr.

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That was the petrodollar's tentacles choking energy. Artificial energy scarcity is finally releasing as we shift to the next regime. That's the good news. The bad news is that now the system will use all that energy to power AI to choke us directly with a control system built on algos, surveillance, "stablecoins", digital id and kyc everything. What do you think will happen to all that AI infra when the fake shortterm productivity miracle fails to materialize? The other good news is that all of this sets up real Bitcoin adoption.