This leads to the natural next question: what alternative methodologies & why do you have the faith you do in them when contrasted with the set of methodologies claiming FOOM & DOOM. And possibly a discussion of whether or not those alternative methodologies actually support the anti-FOOM & DOOM position. For example, you may claim that extrapolating lines on graphs says humans will continue to flourish, but the actual graphs we have are about GDP, and other crude metrics of human welfare. Those could very well continue without the human flourishing part, and indeed if they do continue indefinitely we should expect human welfare to be sacrificed to the gods of straight-lines-on-graphs to achieve this outcome.
This leads to the natural next question: what alternative methodologies & why do you have the faith you do in them when contrasted with the set of methodologies claiming FOOM & DOOM. And possibly a discussion of whether or not those alternative methodologies actually support the anti-FOOM & DOOM position. For example, you may claim that extrapolating lines on graphs says humans will continue to flourish, but the actual graphs we have are about GDP, and other crude metrics of human welfare. Those could very well continue without the human flourishing part, and indeed if they do continue indefinitely we should expect human welfare to be sacrificed to the gods of straight-lines-on-graphs to achieve this outcome.