>claims to refute the whole discipline based on a single incorrect prediction

Citing economic growth as a counterexample is pretty silly, because in the Limits models many parameters look great right up until the collapse.[2]

I would encourage everyone to see how the original authors describe their findings[2][3], rather than (potentially motivated) retellings.

[0] https://www.livescience.com/collapse-human-society-limits-to...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhSpzQhvFS8

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3SWj-hjTE