Sadly I tend to agree that it's not fixable, certainly not in the timescales we seem to have. I suspect a simplistic metric could be achieved to replace GDP tha

Sadly I tend to agree that it's not fixable, certainly not in the timescales we seem to have. I suspect a simplistic metric could be achieved to replace GDP that would have to assign value to leaving things alone. The ore or oil in the ground, and the tree uncut. If nothing else to remove absurdities where polluting then cleaning up and grassing over is "good" for the economy (because money was spent, which is GDP positive) is better than leaving some pristine acres of mature forest (because money is not spent). I doubt that would be a popular metric with some though as that would imply far more value to not exploiting than doing so. That's before you get to the more vague aspects of quality of life that can't be given spreadsheet space like community, family, friendship, health etc. > We live in ecologies, not economies. Too true. I'm not optimistic for how the next 100 years plays out.