He Argues That Rich Nations Should Change Their Goal From One Of Economic Growth To That Of "increased
He argues that rich nations should change their goal from one of economic growth to that of "increased happiness in a situation of stable income and declining population". This sentiment is echoed by both Graeme Maxton, leading economist and author of The End of Progress, while Charles Sturt University Professor of Public Ethics Clive Hamilton observes that in our developed economies, "people buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like".
http://phys.org/news/2013-12-population-growth-bodes-decline-standards.html
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The National Intelligence Council has just released its much anticipated forecasting report, a 140-page document that outlines major trends and technological developments we should expect in the next 20 years. Among their many predictions, the NIC foresees the end of U.S. global dominance, the rising power of individuals against states, a growing middle class that will increasingly challenge governments, and ongoing shortages in water, food and energy. But they also envision a future in which humans have been significantly modified by their technologies — what will herald the dawn of the transhuman era.
Global Trends 2030 Full Report
GT2030 Blog
Reading list
Don’t read all in one sitting... I’m working on an updated on an updated version of the Information Age timeline and also ruminating on themes running through these articles.
Why we need a 21st-century Martin Luther to challenge the church of tech
'The goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
The end of capitalism has begun
Fermi Paradox and Elon
http://singularityhub.com/2014/10/05/elon-musk-is-right-colonizing-the-solar-system-is-humankinds-insurance-policy-against-extinction/
http://bigthink.com/videos/bill-nyes-answer-to-the-fermi-paradox
It’s almost the future...
The Best Ways To Celebrate Marty McFly's Arrival Next Month
It’s pretty crazy next month will be OCT 21 20 15 04, it always seemed like that date was so far in the future....
Aliens and Encryption
HOW SCIENTISTS SEARCH THE COSMOS FOR ENCRYPTED ALIEN SIGNALS (AND OTHER ONES TOO) via The Intercept
Bharara, Teachout, Lessig are all going to be here... and it's free and open to the public...
program here: http://calendars.fordham.edu/EventList.aspx…
register here: http://calendars.fordham.edu/EventRegistration.aspx…
Cuomo vs Bharara
Cuomo's Office Hobbled Ethics Inquiries by Moreland Commission
More Congressional Fail: Elected Officials Think They Are Underpaid
(follow-up to Huffington Post piece-- read comments!)
absolutely outrageous...
But this situation of linear movement is rapidly changing in every respect. And the greatest change is one that our Rip Van Winkle economist, looking only at the figures, wouldn’t even notice: In the past 20 years we have created a brand-new form of capital, a brand-new resource, namely knowledge.
Up until 1900, any society in the world would have done just as well as it did without men of knowledge. We may have needed lawyers to defend criminals and doctors to write death certificates, but the criminals would have done almost as well without the lawyers, and the patients without the doctors. We needed teachers to teach other ornaments of society, but this too was largely decoration. The world prided itself on men of knowledge, but it didn’t need them to keep the society running.
Some of what I come across on the web... Also check out my Content & Curation site: kristentreglia.com
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