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Exactly, intensification or acceleration, this is exactly the root of most issues. Since we've mastered energy (and in particular oil&gas), the world has been o
by oulipo 2y ago
Exactly, intensification or acceleration, this is exactly the root of most issues. Since we've mastered energy (and in particular oil&gas), the world has been on an acceleration binge, which is now causing a lot of friction and overheating in the relationships and environment.
We need to slow down and to connect back to nature
- worldsayshi 2y agoSlowing down is not a solution since we're heading for a wall in some dimensions and a cliff edge on others. We need to find ways to drastically change course. We need to build maps and steering wheels.
- pixl97 2y agoAnd we need to convince everyone to do it, or we just end up in the Red Queen scenario.
- worldsayshi 2y agoYeah, I do think that collective action problems summarize almost all of humanities problems though. So if we just found a way to efficiently make decisions as a collective we'd be in a much better situation. I might even suspect that solving collective action is the great filter that we have in front of us.
- oulipo 2y agoon the contrary, slowing down it's the only way forward
- worldsayshi 2y agoIt wont happen. Not without apocalyptic wars.