“…For parts of the discussion on economic growth and AI, I drew on my earlier work in this regard, see Naudé (2022b), and for parts of the discussions on the shortcomings of Degrowth I draw on my earlier articles in Illuminem and Medium, see Naudé (2023a) and Naudé (2023b). The paper's writing was stimulated by an invitation to present some of my ideas on growth, green growth and degrowth at the Green European Foundation (GEF) and Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks's Meeting on Green Growth vs Degrowth, held on 19 May 2023 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, as part of the GEF's Geopolitics of Post-Growth project.…”