The environment needs more people, not fewer
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The environment needs more people, not fewer
This increase in material use tracks more or less exactly with the rise of global GDP. The two have grown together in lockstep. Every additional unit of GDP means roughly an additional unit of material extraction. There were times, such as during the 1990s, when GDP grew at a slightly faster rate than material use, prompting some to hope we were on
... See moreJason Hickel • Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
Population growth leads to abundance
...but only if that population grows within an environment that fosters innovation and creativity.
At the ARC Conference , @Marian_L_Tupy shared his insight on how societies can either stifle or nurture their growth. https://t.co/FKwbZ3ytdX
The Alliance for Responsible Citizenshipx.comThe third premise is that the tradeoff that pits human well-being against environmental damage can be renegotiated by technology. How to enjoy more calories, lumens, BTUs, bits, and miles with less pollution and land is itself a technological problem, and one that the world is increasingly solving.