Clean energy might help deal with emissions, but it does nothing to reverse deforestation, overfishing, soil depletion and mass extinction. A growth-obsessed economy powered by clean energy will still tip us into ecological disaster.
“we now know that hunter-gatherers like the Ju/’hoansi did not live constantly on the edge of starvation. Rather, they were usually well nourished; lived longer than people in most farming societies; rarely worked more than fifteen hours a week; and spent the bulk of their time at rest and leisure.”
― Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
― Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
“Sumari Ispania Wena nefarie Dena dena nefarie Lona Lona Lona Sumari”
― Adventures in Consciousness
― Adventures in Consciousness
“if you did not feel the need to kill animals to gain knowledge, then you would not have wars, either. You would understand the balances of nature far better.”
― The “Unknown” Reality, Volume One (A Seth Book)
― The “Unknown” Reality, Volume One (A Seth Book)
“There are methods that can be used to discover how different species migrate, for example, and then to duplicate such feats technologically if you want to. These methods do not include dissection, for what you learn that way you will not be able to use (deeper and much louder).”
― The “Unknown” Reality, Volume One (A Seth Book)
― The “Unknown” Reality, Volume One (A Seth Book)
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