For example, in 1972, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, including computer pioneer Jay Forrester, published The Limits to Growth . The book launched an international debate on whether the world would soon face immense economic problems due to shortages of oil and other natural resources - problems that seemed to be presaged by OPEC's production cuts eighteen months later.
例如，包括计算机的先驱杰伊· · 弗莱斯特在内的一群麻省理工学院的科学家在1972年出版了《增长的极限》一书。此书就世界是否会因为石油和其他自然资源短缺而面临严重的经济问题这一话题引发了国际性的辩论。而18个月后欧佩克的石油减产似乎预示了这些问题的出现。