In 1830 Thomas Babbington Macaulay, though merely an historian, got it right: “We cannot absolutely prove that those are in error who tell us that society has reached a turning point, that we have seen our best days. But so said all who came before us, and with just as much apparent reason.… On what principle is it that, when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?”

From Nat Post article regarding, "End of Growth."

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