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what is even the point of this graph? GDP is a nonsensical metric that barely tells anything about the economy, let alone society and technology.
i think it's not meant too literally, more like a meme, to make fun of people who say sci-fi will forever stay sci-fi while at the same time things change very quickly.
you could substitute almost any other graph. This isn't about GDP really, just about change.
GDP is the metric of more, that's all they are concerned about
Yay! Money! It's what matters!^tm^
Even if you don't care about money, you shouldn't be feeling like you're on steady well-trodden ground if you live on the side of a steep slope like this. The same would go for e.g. scientific output (however that's measured), world population, agricultural output, and so on.