I don&#x27;t understand what you&#x27;re saying. By any reasonable measure, the quality of life of the median human inhabitant of Planet Earth is better than it was 20 years ago, when it was better than it was 20 years before. You probably hit some dips for the World Wars, but if we can avoid any more of those, I don&#x27;t see why we would want to stop the positive trendline that has accompanied and depends on economic growth.