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Elevating the objectives of trade above the transparency and accountability that democracy requires will ultimately destroy at least one of these institutions, if not both.
Paul Hawken • Natural Capitalism
We live in a time where, in the words of social theorist Roberto Unger, we are governed by people who ‘confuse conformism with realism’.6
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
I am strongly in favor of individuals making the changes they can in their personal lives. I am also in favor of being honest about the fact there are limits to how far that can take you.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
a supposed designer of our biosphere will seem not only morally deficient, but intellectually unremarkable.
David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
Launch a government- and community-led “shop less, live more” campaign
Paul Gilding • The Great Disruption
As David Brower has said, “There is no business to be done on a dead planet.”
Naomi Klein • Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual
They’re opaque, unquestioned, and unaccountable, and they operate at a scale to sort, target, or “optimize” millions of people.
Cathy O'Neil • Weapons of Math Destruction
If we are to address the wholesale despoliation of the planet, and our growing helplessness in the face of vast computational power, then we must find ways to reconcile our technological prowess and sense of human uniqueness with an earthy sensibility and an attentiveness to the interconnectedness of all things.