"Capitalism's belief in perpetual economic growth runs counter to almost everything we know about the universe. A pack of wolves would be terribly foolish to think that the supply of sheep would increase without end. However, the human economy really managed to grow exponentially during the modern age, thanks only to the fact that every few years scientists came up with some discovery or invention - for example America, the internal combustion engine or the genetically engineered sheep. Money is printed by banks and governments, but backed by scientists.
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Yuval Noah HarariAll Translations
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Capitalism's belief in perpetual economic growth runs counter to almost everything we know about the universe. A pack of wolves would be terribly foolish to think that the supply of sheep would increase without end. However, the human economy really managed to grow exponentially during the modern age, thanks only to the fact that every few years scientists came up with some discovery or invention - for example America, the internal combustion engine or the genetically engineered sheep. Money is printed by banks and governments, but backed by scientists.
""A kapitalizmusnak az örökös gazdasági növekedésbe vetett hite szinte mindennel ellentétes, amit az univerzumról tudunk. Egy farkasfalka rettentő ostoba lenne, ha azt hinné, hogy a birkaellátmány vég nélkül növekedni fog. Az emberi gazdaságnak azonban tényleg sikerült az újkor során exponenciálisan növekednie, köszönhetően egyedül annak, hogy a tudósok minden pár évben előálltak valami felfedezéssel vagy találmánnyal - például Amerikával, a belső égésű motorral vagy a genetikailag megtervezett birkával. Pénzt a bankok és kormányok nyomtatnak, de a fedezetét a tudósok adják."