Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Post-individualism
Severin Matusek and
Throughout the last few decades, our economic system has transformed society into a market, citizens into consumers, and communities into individuals
unfortunately, there are no rules in human nature that turn economic abundance into a sense of personal abundance
Understanding public goods as positive externalities enables us to consider people that are not typically classified as members of a public to be our beneficiaries. This definition stands in contrast to economic discourse, where non-contributing users of some public good are considered "free riders," indicative of market failure. How could we
... See more“Individuality can only be valuable when it is not individuality for its own sake but individuality for the human community.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
Our society’s individualism, largely driven by technological advances and the illusion of endless progress, will no longer be sustainable – will not be able to last – in a world where anthropogenic climate change is a constant and growing threat.