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The Perverse Panic over Plastic
Given what we now know about the environmental impact of consumption and the anxiety that drives it, maybe we should see advertising as pollution,
Paul Gilding • The Great Disruption
Our obsession with growth creates two problems. The first is that we have convinced ourselves that growth is the normal state and that it is reasonable to expect it to go on and on. That patently ridiculous idea—exactly as hopeful and deluded as the search for a perpetual motion machine—causes us to stop searching for other possibilities. While thi
... See moreHeather Heying • A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
Other stories which are starting to breakdown revolve around broader societal assumptions. “All technology is good, and the more technology we develop, the more our society advances” or “bottled water is better for you”. These widely accepted stories don’t make sense anymore when you take into account the mountains of electronic waste in Ghana, or ... See more
Phoebe Tickell • New Deep Narratives: We Need New Stories of What It Means to Be Human
Finally, overwhelming numbers of human beings, including millions of government-hating Americans, need to accept high taxes and severe curtailment of their familiar lifestyles without revolting. They must accept the reality of climate change and have faith in the extreme measures taken to combat it. They can’t dismiss news they dislike as fake. The
... See moreJonathan Franzen • What If We Stopped Pretending?
To redesign the environment we really have to redesign our whole value system—question the sacred cows—and ask ourselves what we really want, what has priority.