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I don’t like the idea of reducing production, emphasizing degrowth and not continuously making technological progress. The right thing to do is continue doing t

I don’t like the idea of reducing production, emphasizing degrowth and not continuously making technological progress. The right thing to do is continue doing those things while finding solutions for climate change which I think we’re already on a path to doing albeit it may not get there before things start going wrong. But we’ll make it and we have to keep going till we reach a point of technological advancement where we can truly eliminate all our problems— and I mean down to how we feel which will surely be modifiable using genetic engineering in the not too distant future.

f_allwein 4y ago
Serious question: How do you think continually rising production, consumption and growth is even possible on one finite planet?
- jshzglr 4y ago
  Finite planet, infinite universe.
  - jshzglr 4y ago
    But it would probably be wise at some point to stop growing, lest the alien overseers take out the invasive species.
antifa 4y ago
> emphasizing degrowth and not continuously making technological progress False dichotomy. A lot of the manufacturing economy is literal garbage (funkopops, plastic rabbit with Easter colors, etc.) or things that can't be repaired, things that won't last as long as they use to because of corners cut, or because of planned obsolescence. Continued technological progress is a prerequisite for this to work.