With the world’s population projected to severely contract in the coming centuries, I wonder how that will effect the possibility of exponential growth.
Anyone who thinks we will run out of things to create just lacks imagination. There's so much stuff we'd really, really like to have but haven't been able to economically create yet. Medicine, body modifications, automation of all that's boring, cheaper manufacturing of everything, entertainment, recreation, transport, space habitats and almost anything else you can imagine.
In a world of such dramatic surplus, it's either that or violent revolution, so I'm fairly sure it would sort itself out.