@rmblaber1956 Hey, I read #LtG many years ago. I think some technology is needed, but we should also have lo-tech whenever possible. Have you read any of the follow-ups to #LimitsToGrowth? #Earth4All and #GiantLeap is what's needed now -- with an eye toward preserving and protecting nature.
Thanks to Malthus, we have focused on food as the limit to population growth. For some reason, we have failed to consider how demands on other resources may have limits that we cannot afford to cross.
The global sand crisis: it’s being used up faster than it can be replaced
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/12/global-sand-crisis-land-reclamation-extraction?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Ecosystems #ExtractiveIndustries #NaturalResource #LimitsToGrowth
In conversation: Dave Murphy and Tom Murphy – Can modern civilization ever be sustainable?
As rising seas threaten nations like Tuvalu, what does survival without land look like?
In conversation: Dave Murphy and Tom Murphy – if modernity can’t last forever, what comes next?
La France atteint son « jour du dépassement » écologique. (2026)
https://www.informassue.tuxfamily.org/pages/changement_climatique.php?art=24_avril_2026_france_jour_de_depassement
Si le monde entier vivait comme la France, la capacité globale de régénération annuelle des écosystèmes serait épuisée dès le 24 avril, estime l’ONG Global Footprint Network...
Avec un lien vers le rapport #Meadows des "limites à la croissance"...
why should you give a fuck about this niche ass, inaccessible sophistry?
because that is the way to go on about understanding phenomena in #complexsystems. it is by far not the only way to think about it, systems science is wast and diverse. but it is a good start.
and when you want criticize people like #ehrlich you should at least know your shit.
#systemsdynamics proposes that every possible issue can best be understood by envisioning it as an interconnected whole consisting of
- stocks
- flows
- feedbacks
and delays (which i have not touched on yet, bc it is a mess).
the type of system described above is a certain archetype that occurs all over nature and human activity. a positive feedback loop, exponentiality, being countered by a balancing one - that is called the #limitstogrowth archetype.
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