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		Nextgrid on May 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me Growth for the sake of growth has a well-known biological equivalent: cancer, and its end-game is monopolizing all resources and killing the host (and thus itself).

im3w1l on May 11, 2022 [–]

All life forms do growth for the sake of growth. It can end in many other ways. Like a steady state. Or even more interesting, in regular boom ands busts: https://biologydictionary.net/predator-prey-relationship/

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