physical limits – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png physical limits – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 Neocornucopianism and the Steady State: Part I https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/neocornucopianism-and-steady-state-part-i/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:30:19 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/neocornucopianism-and-steady-state-part-i/ by Josh Farley

Perhaps the main reason people reject the need for a steady state economy is some form of cornucopianism, the belief that technological progress will overcome all ecological and physical limits, allowing endless economic growth into the indefinite future. Cornucopianism has several flavors, and I will describe three: mainstream economics, eco-modernism, and singularity theory.]]> by Josh Farley

Perhaps the main reason people reject the need for a steady state economy is some form of cornucopianism, the belief that technological progress will overcome all ecological and physical limits, allowing endless economic growth into the indefinite future. Cornucopianism has several flavors, and I will describe three: mainstream economics, eco-modernism, and singularity theory.

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