Debates

John McCarthy's 'Sustainability of Human Progress' - Web pages aimed at showing that human material progress is desirable and sustainable. Argues that technological progress will overcome perceived obstacles to the sustainability of the American standard of living.

Myths of the Political-Economic worldview - by John Peet. From the Requiem site.

Rebuttal of John McCarthy's 'Sustainability of Human Progress' - Short article by Rupert Edwards arguing against McCarthy's premises regarding nuclear power, population growth and living standards, and definition of progress.

Requiem - By Jay Hanson, a catastrophist. "There is now scientific consensus that our society is 'unsustainable', and good scientific evidence that 'business as usual' is altering the emergent properties of our life-support system so that a massive die-off of humanity could occur around the year 2030."