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> we need continue to rapidly develop... No, "rapidly develop[ing]" anything is not a solution. We need to get humans as a species to shift our (subconscious)
by jfk13 7y ago
> we need continue to rapidly develop...
No, "rapidly develop[ing]" anything is not a solution. We need to get humans as a species to shift our (subconscious) thinking away from the goal of an ever-increasing number of humans with an ever-increasing "standard of living", enabled by ever-rising "productivity".
We're living in what is essentially a closed system with limited resources and carrying capacity. If we think we can always overcome the limits of one resource by more development of another, we're deluding ourselves and likely on track to make the crash worse when it finally comes.
Exactly what the long-term, sustainable capacity of the Earth may be is of course unknown, but I think there's a strong possibility that we are currently exceeding it.
- agumonkey 7y agoThe ever-increasing standard of living seems a fallacy to me. I think part of our system enjoys a lot of things that aren't done by us anymore (crafting tools, making your food, taking time to move and wonder in various sights of nature, teaming up).
- netfl0 7y ago> We need to get humans as a species to shift our (subconscious) thinking away from the goal of an ever-increasing number of humans with an ever-increasing "standard of living", enabled by ever-rising "productivity". If you more closely analyze my post, I think you’d see we may agree.