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Technology can relieve the symptoms of a problem without affecting the underlying causes. Faith in technology as the ultimate solution to all problems can thus divert our attention from the most fundamental problem — the problem of growth in a finite system — and prevent us from taking effective action to solve it.

Dennis Meadows

Dennis Meadows

Dennis Meadows

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Born: June 7, 1942 (age 82)

Bio: Dennis L. Meadows is an American scientist and Emeritus Professor of Systems Management, and former director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research at the University of New Hampshire.

Known for:

The Limits to Growth (1972)
Beyond the Limits (1992)
Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World (1973)

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