Growth
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Can economic
growth
get us to the Global Goals?
Well, the Social Progress Index can help us calculate this, because as you might have noticed, there are no economic indicators in there; there's no GDP or economic
growth
in the Social Progress Index model.
And what that lets us do is understand the relationship between economic
growth
and social progress.
Well, the best forecast we can find comes from the US Department of Agriculture, which forecasts 3.1 percent average global economic
growth
over the next 15 years, which means that in 2030, if they're right, per capita GDP will be about $23,000.
Economic
growth
seems to have really helped in the fight against poverty, but it doesn't seem to be having much impact on trying to get to the Global Goals.
We've used up the easy wins from economic growth, and now we're moving on to harder problems.
And also, we know that economic
growth
comes with costs as well as benefits.
If we rely on economic
growth
alone, we're going to get to 62.4.
Even a flood tide of economic
growth
is not going to get us there, if it just raises the mega-yachts and the super-wealthy and leaves the rest behind.
Just to put that into perspective, that's zero marketing and faster
growth
than when Facebook first launched.
This type of
growth
is called exponential growth, and as you see, just by folding a paper we can go very far, but very fast too.
And some of you might be thinking that it's a
growth
on your aunt's face with hairs sticking out of it.
These cell divisions, by which we go from a single cell to 100 trillion cells, are called
growth.
And
growth
seems like a simple thing because when we think of it, we typically think of someone getting taller or, later in life, wider, but to cells,
growth
isn't simple.
So, in the end, it is all about
growth.
But during studies of dysfunction, data revealed an unexpected insight: that even the worst circumstances can result in
growth
and transformation.
Meteorologists and environmental scientists show the
growth
of major hurricanes and the recession over the years of many of the world's glaciers.
Whether it's the change of seasons or the
growth
of the germinating seed, cameras are allowing us to see a beautiful world through new eyes.
During the early 2000's, the continued
growth
of our big data outstripped our capability to analyze it at CERN, despite having buildings full of computers.
And they're projected to achieve about 40 percent
growth.
And the Greater London Authority has been aware of this for a while, and the main causes are population growth, the fact that existing cemeteries are almost full.
Most of this
growth
will occur in the urban areas of the world's poorest countries.
So, how will cities need to change to accommodate this
growth?
Second,
growth
will need to happen in a way that does not damage the land that provides us with the goods and services that support the human population.
Steno saw that tongue stones were shark teeth and vice versa, with the same signs of structural
growth.
But in the last decade, we've seen the combined effects of climate change, population
growth
and competition for water resources threaten these vital lifelines and water resources.
Most infamous is the varroa mite, a minuscule red pest that not only invades colonies and feeds on bees, but also transfers pathogens that stunt bee
growth
and shortens their life span.
And it's estimated that by 2050, we'll be between 9 and 10 billion people, with the bulk of this
growth
happening in Africa.
Up the west coast of my country, for much of the year you don't see much vegetation
growth.
Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and his great imitators in Beijing have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that it is perfectly possible to have a flourishing capitalism, spectacular growth, while politics remains democracy-free.
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