growth in technology

Technology is growing exponentially. This has been the case for a while, and it begs the question, can technology continue to grow in such a positively accelerating pattern, or will it at some time level off. Population growth over thousands of years has followed the same pattern, and i think that this has something to do with the growth of technology. The more people, the more ideas, and the better chance that there will be groundbreaking ideas that influence changes in technology. Another reason i think technology is growing so quickly is the fact that new technology is the greatest tool we have to develop more new technology. So it's like we are developing things that help us develop more things in the future, and this seems like an endless cycle.