The half-jesting critics felt that the model made no provisions for learning technologies, increasing efficiencies, or the ability of people to alter their behavior or invent solutions.

• 那些半开玩笑半当真的批评者认为“增长的极限”模型没有为学习技术、提高效率提供有有效措施，也没为人类提供改变其行为或者发明各种解决方案的能力。