Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell. -Edward Abbey
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell. -Edward Abbey
We have reached a stage where we often pursue growth for growth’s sake, a condition that in medical terminology would simply be called cancer.
Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness
We are currently trapped in the illusion of growth. The belief that all businesses should grow indefinitely. To expand their business, profits, and workforce… Everything in nature is circular, so there’s nothing natural about this growth craze.
Angelos Arnis • Designing for the last earth
A more holistic way of thinking about growth is to recognise that it is broadly equivalent to the rate at which our economy is metabolising the living world.