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How Japan is quietly showing the world how to grow without economic growth
- bradley13 1y agoIt should be obvious: it is possible to reach a stable state. Growth is not the only option, or always desirable.
- methuselah_in 1y agotrue itself. Once you are developed and everyone is earning good enough to sustain and they are not interested in crap things. Things get really stable indeed.
- jleyank 1y agoThe population is shrinking. The economy is stagnant. Unless you're talking about volcanic activity, how is Japan "growing"?
- Our_Benefactors 1y agoIf the population is shrinking and the economy is stagnant, that would mean that overall the average wellbeing of a person in that population has increased, no?
- methuselah_in 1y agoEconomy is stagnant because i don't they have much left to achieve maybe as well
- metalman 1y agojapan=japanese=lifeforms and all lifeforms grow to occupy thier niche, which is not a linear process humans are unique amongst lifeforms in that our technological capabilities have created biological advantages that have increased the size of our availible niche, but there is no way to determine when and how an inevitable balance will occur........so perhaps the Japanese have been giving each other some serious side eye and have come to some sort of unaknowledged agreement