To Achieve Sustainability |
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Authors: | Peter Seidel |
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Affiliation: | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
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Abstract: | Having passed the level of sustainability, we now face a depleted planet and the possible extinction of our species. With hunter-gatherer brains we have created a civilization we cannot handle. We must understand what's gone wrong, what's needed for sustainability, and the difficulties we will face achieving it. We need a holistic view of the world and a better understanding of the biosphere and ourselves. We must reorient our economy away from perpetual growth toward meeting needs of humanity within the limitations of the planet. Our conscious mind must take control over the unconscious, and we must become more than what we now are. |
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Keywords: | Economic systems holistic thinking hunting-gathering brains need to know perpetual growth root causes sustainability |
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