Earthworm 🐌 on Nostr: I would be careful with the "the whole way of life on most of the planet would need ...

I would be careful with the "the whole way of life on most of the planet would need to fundamentally change." part.

I think that we need to be much more specific in order not to have people thinking of humans living again in caves and stuff.

The cruel thing is that maybe there wouldn't even be necessary so much change.
Especially not in quality of life.

We need definitely decrease hyperaccelerated consumerism via #degrowth. But consumerism is anyway not a source of real joy. More like a quick and shiny party drug that makes you an addict.

And the ephimeral, inefficient and unstable economies we built on fossil fuels? That's just one of many ways to organize society so that people know when they get up in the morning what they will work today and organizing the stuff they need.

Sure, people will have to mend their stuff again, share their stuff with other people, and swap most of the weird, unconnected bullshit jobs people are doing for meaningful work like artisanship, farming or caring for others. And deciding things in your community is also sometimes exhausting.

But all this is not a "fundamental change". The fundamental change is what is to come (especially when the system continues like this)..

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