Understanding Unbridled Capitalism as it Affects Sustainability

Unlimited growth on a planet of finite size means ecological catastrophe in the near future, certainly by the end of this century.  Here’s a video that lays this out, all too clearly.

As I replied to the host of a radio show on which I was a guest and asked to define sustainability: “There are dozens of ways of putting this.  My favorite is ‘meeting our needs as a society without precluding future generations from meeting theirs.'” That, in turn, means transforming our culture from one of robo-consumerism to one of “living small.”