linda
- Degrowth is about abandoning GDP [gross domestic product] as the single measure of our progress. Degrowth is also about reducing what is unnecessary.
GDP can be increased by producing what is unnecessary, like private jets. I’m saying, OK, maybe we don’t need these things because that’s only for rich people, and that’s also destroying the planet. S... See morefrom Slow Down, Do Less: A Q&A With the Author Who Introduced 'Degrowth' to a Mass Audience by grist.org
- No one is going to give you what you want unless you voice it. I now see it less as going out on a limb and more as extending a possibility. If someone is interested, that's excellent. And if they’re not, fine. There's really no harm in trying, because the worst thing that happens is someone doesn't share your vision and you move on.
from "No one gets anywhere alone"
- chasing scale strips you of some humanity. It puts your head too high up in the clouds. It removes you from what happens in the real world with real people. Pursuing something that can’t scale does the exact opposite: it grounds you. It’s a comforting and healing next act.
Perhaps most instinctually, people just want to do things and get better at t... See morefrom Pursuits That Can’t Scale by Anu
- “At the end of my reply I signed off using my initials AWS, a moniker I often use rather than my given name Austin. A few days later I received a confused reply from my collaborator to be. Whether in sincerity or jest they addressed me as Amazon Web Service, and requested clarity on who they were speaking to. I appreciated the interaction, because ... See more
from Time Is The New Space by Laurel Schwulst
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- I think ownership is overrated - there is a certain kind of person who sees something and whose first reaction is "i want to own it", ownership as a means to accrue value leads to a community of vultures; instead of ownership, we should think about "contribution" as the primitive
from Tweet by ruby justice thelot
- The antidote to burnout and the existential inquiry it brings seems to be doing things that don’t scale in pursuit of things that can’t scale. It becomes exciting not to see what you can do without limits, but to see what you can do with them.
from Pursuits That Can’t Scale by Anu
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