The concept of scaling laws offers profound insights into the patterns and behaviours of complex systems as they grow or shrink in size. Scaling laws are not confined to physical systems but extend to biological organisms, cities, companies, and technological networks.

This article seeks to understand the drivers of growth, the role of productivity and capital formation, the constraints faced, and the critical importance of energy access for formulating effective growth strategies.

This analysis explores the implications of input dependability on capital formation through mathematical models and proofs, referencing key literature in economics

General-Purpose Technologies (GPTs) and General-Purpose Systems (GPSs) are transformative innovations, such as electricity, telephony, the internet, and now AI, that reshape entire economies and societies. This article focusses the complex interactions of technological features, infrastructure, market forces, and social behaviour that are required for their widespread adoption.

In this article we introduce General Purpose Systems (GPSs) as a subcategory of General Purpose Technologies (GPTs). We will explain what both of those concepts mean and provide proof of why General-Purpose Systems is a valuable new concept. 

The final article in our series exploring ENODA’s mission statement, “Sustainable Prosperity for Every One” explains how bringing together our separate definitions of sustainability and prosperity allows us to arrive at a concrete goal, and why we stylise “every one” as a reminder to celebrate individuality.