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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLV–Chasing Maladaptive Strategies

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XLV March 24, 2022 (original posting date) Knossos, Greece (1988) Photo by author Chasing Maladaptive Strategies Today’s very short contemplation was in response to a post I was asked to comment upon that calls for sociopolitical ‘leadership’ to ‘tackle’ natural disasters that have been linked to the climate crisis. I believe that most […]

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The Cognitive Prison Habits of Economic Growth and Development

The Cognitive Prison Habits of Economic Growth and Development This post grew out of a recent facebook discussion. Hat Tip to Bruce Kunkel for the title phrase “Cognitive Prison Habits.” George Monbiot recently made some important points and asked questions we all should be giving some thought to. “Green consumerism, material decoupling, sustainable growth: all are […]

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Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling

Human well-being, economic growth and so-called decoupling Some people claim that humans—called breatharians—can live on air alone. Others claim we can have economic growth without increasing our resource use, so-called decoupling. Neither claim withstands scrutiny though here I am only going to deal with the second one. Hidden beneath the claim of decoupling is the […]

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A Hard Look at a Soft Global Economy

A Hard Look at a Soft Global Economy MILAN – The global economy is settling into a slow-growth rut, steered there by policymakers’ inability or unwillingness to address major impediments at a global level. Indeed, even the current anemic pace of growth is probably unsustainable. The question is whether an honest assessment of the impediments […]

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Sustainable Development: Something New or More of the Same?

Sustainable Development: Something New or More of the Same? Two years ago when he was 14, my son Matthew grew six inches. Last year he only grew two inches, and this year he has only grown half an inch. Should I be worried? Of course not. At a certain stage of maturity, quantifiable physical growth […]

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Olduvai IV: Courage
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Olduvai II: Exodus
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