Made a program that calculates how old is infinite growth capitalism

[miculpionier]

https://miculpionier.ro/projects/how-old-is-infinite-growth-capitalism/

Screenshot:

[Kees]

Maybe include a counter as well for all the (financial) crashes and sudden reboots. And maybe some resource stats, that the planet is “out of memory” And memory leak (inflation) warnings.

[miculpionier]

According to the updated program, there have been 26 crashes and sudden reboots and we currently use 1.8 earths.

Here is the algorithm behind the calculations:

var date = new Date();
var currentYear = date.getFullYear();
var theFirstIndustrialRevolution = 1760;
var crashRateinYears = 10;
var baseOvershootYear = 1971;
var numberOfYearsToDoubleGlobalConsumption = 62;

function knowHowOutdatedIsIGC() {
  var outdatedYears = currentYear - theFirstIndustrialRevolution;
  return outdatedYears;
}
function knowHowManyCrashesHaveOccured() {
  var crashes = Math.floor((currentYear - theFirstIndustrialRevolution) / crashRateinYears);
  return crashes;
}
function calculateEarthOvershoot() {
  var earthsUsed = 1 + ((currentYear - baseOvershootYear) / numberOfYearsToDoubleGlobalConsumption);
  return earthsUsed.toFixed(1);
}

Any suggestions to improve this program or its algorithms?

[miculpionier]

Update: added MIT’s 1972 prediction of societal collapse in the “business as usual” scenario:

[miculpionier]

Source code:

Web / how-old-is-infinite-growth-capitalism · GitLab

[miculpionier]

Update: Changed predicted year of collapse to 2100, which is the end of the 21st century.