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b. 1949 United States

Joseph Tainter (born December 8, 1949) is an American anthropologist and historian.

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Personally, I feel that when your narrative about the future includes the phrase “and then a miracle happens,” you’re in trouble.

“As resources committed to benefits decline,” Tainter wrote in 1988, “resources committed to control must increase.”

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Tainter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.