Gladwyn d’SouzaNov 24, 2023

At Least We Can Give Thanks for a Tree https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/at-least-we-can-give-thanks-for-a-tree

#MisMeasure- Trespassing #stolenland to quantify the #sacred.

At Least We Can Give Thanks for a Tree

Bill McKibben writes about the botanist Erik Danielson, who has found the largest Eastern white pine known to exist, in the Adirondacks.

The New Yorker
bs2Oct 6, 2022
> “We manage what we measure” is a cliché often uttered in business boardrooms, but... true. You could also say that we “#mismanage what we #mismeasure.”.. we mismanage the scale of the economy because we’re treating an indicator of its size—#GDP—as if it were a measure of social performance. If we want to achieve a #sustainable and #FairEconomy that provides a high quality of life, it’s crucial to get the measures right.
https://ssir.org/books/excerpts/entry/enough_is_enough
#RobDietz #DanOneill #Enough #PeterDrucker
Enough Is Enough (SSIR)

To promote conservation, mitigate economic inequality, and more, Enough Is Enough envisions a world in which we pursue merely “enough” rather than unending economic growth.