Simple arithmetic shows that nothing can grow exponentially forever, just google for a lecture on exponential growth by the late Dr. Albert Bartlett of CU.<p>What bewilders me is the mass denial. Sooner or later inflation and GDP growth have to stop, and reverse, even.<p>And the world will not end - there will still be startups and investment opportunities, stocks and commodity prices will go up and down, the only difference being that overall we will see the major indexes flat or declining, and that will be just fine.<p>The sooner the population at large recognizes that this is the future, the smoother will the transition to this new state of affairs be. The longer we hang on to this naive notion of perpetual growth, the more devastating will be the day it ends.<p>Edit: Link to find the Bartlett video: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;?gws_rd=ssl#q=albert+bartlett+exponential+growth+video" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;?gws_rd=ssl#q=albert+bartlett+exponen...</a>