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Wed Nov-10-10 03:46 PM
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| 21. large urban areas are ultimately unsustainable, at least given how they're currently engineered |
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I understand your point, and believe there is merit to it. It doesn't change the fact that the modern day mega-urban area is built on the assumption of unlimited availability, and that is a flawed premise.
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| -A Darkening Future: Why Growth Still Feels Like a Recession |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 04:26 AM |
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Nothing has ended. |
ixion |
Nov-10-10 04:51 AM |
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i'll whip myself up a train immediately. |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 04:53 AM |
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groups of people made trains originally |
ixion |
Nov-10-10 05:42 AM |
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yes, they did: but not from scratch. people had developed the underlying skills |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 01:56 PM |
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large urban areas are ultimately unsustainable, at least given how they're currently engineered |
ixion |
Nov-10-10 03:46 PM |
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No house, no land, no job. |
ipaint |
Nov-10-10 06:12 AM |
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I can empathize with your situation, having been there myself |
ixion |
Nov-10-10 07:47 AM |
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No problem at all other than it does nothing to address the cause leaving untold millions |
ipaint |
Nov-10-10 10:43 AM |
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+100000 |
Dappleganger |
Nov-10-10 10:45 AM |
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you need seeds, pots, decent soil & a light & water source, & if you think |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 02:13 PM |
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that very well may be |
ixion |
Nov-10-10 03:43 PM |
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I agree with preparing |
rtw |
Nov-10-10 03:55 PM |
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BP, WMD, housing bubbles, etc-- we live in |
xchrom |
Nov-10-10 05:27 AM |
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it ain't incompetence |
blindpig |
Nov-10-10 10:54 AM |
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Because the "growth" fetish is pointless |
Recursion |
Nov-10-10 12:49 PM |
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Who the fuck needs economic growth beyond population growth? And are they a majority? nt |
thereismore |
Nov-10-10 01:03 PM |
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Growth has its good points |
Recursion |
Nov-10-10 01:09 PM |
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True. I was implicitly assuming that the wealth produced today would already be plenty |
thereismore |
Nov-10-10 01:47 PM |
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i'd rather be middle class 150 years ago. they lived longer than the poor do today, on average. |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 02:15 PM |
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capitalists. that's how they make their money; either the economy grows or they need |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-10-10 02:14 PM |
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Glaucon made that point in The Republic |
Recursion |
Nov-10-10 08:23 PM |
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As long as we are |
mstinamotorcity |
Nov-10-10 12:57 PM |
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The economy is about what to expect..... |
Wounded Bear |
Nov-10-10 01:11 PM |
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