when i’m making an argument, don’t call it a value judgement. the argument is things we score as growth are remedies to problems prior growth created, not actually improvements in welfare relative to the prior baseline. 1/

whether having to pay that cost is “worth it” is a value judgement. whether new growth patterns entail costs as well as benefits, and overcoming those costs requires new economic activity is a factual and i think pretty inarguable claim, not a value judgement. /fin