In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Phineas Harper's claims that the pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown. 
Deadly sins: Phineas Harper, one of the chief curators of the Oslo Architecture Triennale, has sparked debate by arguing that the pursuit of infinite economic growth is driving climate breakdown and producing ecologically toxic architecture.
"Incredibly well written and clear," said Christopher Gon De Leeuw. "Unfortunately it just serves to make more clear the enormity of the obstacles we as a global society need to overcome. I wish the solution was as easy as a new concrete mixture ? sadly the real difficulty will be overcoming greed."
"The desire to understand and make the world a better place and the anxiety of it becoming worse have underpinned human development throughout history," continued Ade Oshodi. "These now need to be focused on the challenge at hand. Greed and fear will remain as the formidable forces. Better to harness them than to deny they exist." Eugene Ely went on: "We live in a finite world with finite resources. The only economic systems we?ve ever considered assume growth is an unquestioned given. That?s not going to work much longer. It?s not working now. Listen to Greta."
"Nature has a way of dealing with all of this... it won't be long now," concluded Marmite.
This reader was distracted by the story's visuals:
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