What do you want more of? Health, leisure time, vacations, quality food, a better environment, more children living past their 1 (or fifth) birthday?<p>Growth gets you that.<p>Growth has made it possible to buy a fridge, an oven, a vaccum cleaner, a dishwasher and a washing machine, all for relatively trivial amounts of money. Together they made it possible for litterally millions of women to persue their dreams (whether that is to have a career, start a business or just spend more time with their children). I have no idea what kind of magic the future could hold, but I find it extremely destressing that anybody could even ask that question.<p>Oh and if you don&#x27;t why a washing machine is necessary, <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine?language=en" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_...</a>