Archive for September 2019

William E. Rees’ writes in The Tyee: “Yes, the Climate Crisis May Wipe Out Six Billion People”. Click of the following link to read the article. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2019/09/18/Climate-Crisis-Wipe-Out/?utm_source=national&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190919

Humans are no longer valued for our creativity, says media theorist Douglas Rushkoff — in a world dominated by digital technology, we’re now just valued for our data. In a passionate talk, Rushkoff urges us to stop using technology to optimize people for the market and start using it to build a future centered on…

On September 7, 2019 Mike Nickerson wrote a summary of Jason Hickel’s article “Degrowth – a Theory of Radical Abundance” which espouses that “climate change requires changing society”.  Following Mike’s summary are comments offered by Lionel Enright. Mike’s Summary:      Hickel’s bottom line is:   “While austerity calls for scarcity in order to generate more growth, degrowth…