#steadystate — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #steadystate, aggregated by home.social.
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Global Estimates Of Glacier Equilibrium-Line Altitude Ratios For Enhanced Paleoclimate Reconstructions
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03391-5 <-- shared paper
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https://gercglacier.streamlit.app/ <-- Glacier ELA Ratio Calculator (GERC), online tool
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https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-processes/mass-balance/introduction-glacier-mass-balance/ <-- shared technical article, “An Introduction To Glacier Mass Balance”
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#geostastics #glacier #glacial #landform #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #palaeoglaciology #glaciology #global #EquilibriumLineAltitudeRatio #ELA #ratios #paleoclimate #model #modeling #numericalmodeling #classification #decisiontree #steadystate #reconstruction -
Global Estimates Of Glacier Equilibrium-Line Altitude Ratios For Enhanced Paleoclimate Reconstructions
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03391-5 <-- shared paper
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https://gercglacier.streamlit.app/ <-- Glacier ELA Ratio Calculator (GERC), online tool
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https://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glacier-processes/mass-balance/introduction-glacier-mass-balance/ <-- shared technical article, “An Introduction To Glacier Mass Balance”
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#geostastics #glacier #glacial #landform #cryosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #palaeoglaciology #glaciology #global #EquilibriumLineAltitudeRatio #ELA #ratios #paleoclimate #model #modeling #numericalmodeling #classification #decisiontree #steadystate #reconstruction -
[PODCAST] We are Living Through a Giant Civics Lesson by #SteadyState with Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
https://pca.st/episode/1bdc9387-dda8-40da-b7b3-d05e525b4204##book2read “Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall” by Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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[PODCAST] We are Living Through a Giant Civics Lesson by #SteadyState with Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
https://pca.st/episode/1bdc9387-dda8-40da-b7b3-d05e525b4204##book2read “Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall” by Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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#SteadyState #authoritarianism
"The United States is 'on a trajectory' toward authoritarian rule, according to a sobering new intelligence-style assessment by former US intelligence and national security officials, who warn that democratic backsliding is accelerating..."US ‘on a trajectory’ Toward Authoritarian Rule, Ex-Officials Warn
"A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule."
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#SteadyState #authoritarianism
"The United States is 'on a trajectory' toward authoritarian rule, according to a sobering new intelligence-style assessment by former US intelligence and national security officials, who warn that democratic backsliding is accelerating..."US ‘on a trajectory’ Toward Authoritarian Rule, Ex-Officials Warn
"A network of former intelligence and security officers says democratic decline is accelerating under Trump’s rule."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning -
US former spies are worried.
"The report, titled #AcceleratingAuthoritarianDynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline, was released on Thursday by the #SteadyState, a network of more than 340 former officers of the #CIA, #NSA, state department, and other national-security agencies." [1]
"We wrote it because the same tools we once used to assess foreign risks now show unmistakable warning signs at home." [1]
#BackslidingDemocracy #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning
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US former spies are worried.
"The report, titled #AcceleratingAuthoritarianDynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline, was released on Thursday by the #SteadyState, a network of more than 340 former officers of the #CIA, #NSA, state department, and other national-security agencies." [1]
"We wrote it because the same tools we once used to assess foreign risks now show unmistakable warning signs at home." [1]
#BackslidingDemocracy #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/trump-authoritarianism-warning
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Ernest Garcia, posiblemente el sociólogo ambiental más importante en España, se suma a las mentes reflexionantes sobre el concepto de #BeyondGrowth como precalentamiento para la conferencia que tendrá lugar en el Congreso de los Diputados este viernes 26:
#decrecimiento #steadystate #overshootday #beyondgrowthES #postgrowth
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Here’s what Silicon Valley won’t tell you:
true innovation doesn’t come from breaking the rules in a zero-sum game —
it comes from breaking free of the #zerosum game entirely.Build something small. Own it completely. Scale it thoughtfully.
That’s how you win without cheating.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/you-cant-win-in-tech-unless-you-cheat/
With apologies to the original poster. Who has dropped off the scroll.
The stupid red shiny car put me right off reading the link quickly enough.
Fucked up versions of success are mentioned but the concepts are great.
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Here’s what Silicon Valley won’t tell you:
true innovation doesn’t come from breaking the rules in a zero-sum game —
it comes from breaking free of the #zerosum game entirely.Build something small. Own it completely. Scale it thoughtfully.
That’s how you win without cheating.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/you-cant-win-in-tech-unless-you-cheat/
With apologies to the original poster. Who has dropped off the scroll.
The stupid red shiny car put me right off reading the link quickly enough.
Fucked up versions of success are mentioned but the concepts are great.
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Yes, it’s a cold, bleak, snowy night here in Huddersfield - but here at the Bates Mill Blending Shed, there’s mulled wine and an utterly unique piece by Alexander Schubert which uses BRAIN CONTROL of sounds and images via #EEG cap 🧠. Yes, you read that right. Starts 10pm. (Be aware: lots of flashing lights in this one) https://hcmf.co.uk/programme/steady-state/ #steadystate #neuroscience #brainmusic #hcmf
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@BrianJopek. Did you plant a chip in my head while I was sleeping?🤣
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How did the Big Bang get its name?
Here’s the real storyAstronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.
by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z#BigBang #science #history #historyofscience #cosmology #bigbangtheory #FredHoyle #GeorgeGamow #Penzias #SteadyState #Universe #theory #astrodon #physics #STEM #space
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How did the Big Bang get its name?
Here’s the real storyAstronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.
by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z#BigBang #science #history #historyofscience #cosmology #bigbangtheory #FredHoyle #GeorgeGamow #Penzias #SteadyState #Universe #theory #astrodon #physics #STEM #space
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Some people want to forfeit natural spaces in order to reduce the cost of housing. I've seen this argument locally and now nationally. This is a supply-side tactic that doesn't work. Even if you could DOUBLE the housing in an area, the drop in price would not last. The solution is simple. #SteadyState #Economics and #PopulationBalance. No unregulated markets. Fixed prices and populations.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/
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Some people want to forfeit natural spaces in order to reduce the cost of housing. I've seen this argument locally and now nationally. This is a supply-side tactic that doesn't work. Even if you could DOUBLE the housing in an area, the drop in price would not last. The solution is simple. #SteadyState #Economics and #PopulationBalance. No unregulated markets. Fixed prices and populations.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/
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@stevesilberman. Love this! As a teacher, too, love that you gifted this album to your teacher (I was gifted yesterday with an amazing bag of coffee beans (#SteadyState #Colombia in #SanDiego) from a former student). 💜
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@stevesilberman. Love this! As a teacher, too, love that you gifted this album to your teacher (I was gifted yesterday with an amazing bag of coffee beans (#SteadyState #Colombia in #SanDiego) from a former student). 💜
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Phytobenthos 1.3 is now available for streaming: https://album.link/no/i/1725502380 #steadystate #ambient #experimental #electronic #music
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Phytobenthos 1.3 is now available for streaming: https://album.link/no/i/1725502380 #steadystate #ambient #experimental #electronic #music
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Will Steffen on the climate challenge: “It's not a technological or a scientific problem, it’s a question of humanities’ socio-political values... We need a social tipping point that flips our thinking before we reach a tipping point in the climate system."
#ClimateCrisis
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Will Steffen on the climate challenge: “It's not a technological or a scientific problem, it’s a question of humanities’ socio-political values... We need a social tipping point that flips our thinking before we reach a tipping point in the climate system."
#ClimateCrisis
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I'm calling for the word #sustainabler. Very few things are truly sustainable across population and time. The threshold for calling a product or process sustainable is ridiculously low, misleading, and encourages conscience-free and unwitting consumption.
#greenwashing #sustainable #sustainability #consumption #degrowth #SteadyState #DoughnutEconomics #PlanetaryBoundaries #BiodiversityLoss #ClimateEmergency
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Many people advocating a 'circular economy' support economic growth. Could they explain how elements already in this closed loop defy the laws of physics by growing without extraction or pollution?
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I recently migrated to spore.social, so here's a new #intro post.
Some of my primary interests include:
#systemsthinking #systems #systemicdesign #sustainability #circulareconomy #degrowth #steadystate #wickedproblems #complexity #inequality #ClimateChange #climate #politics #reading #writing #arithmeticnotsomuch #editing #gardening #composting #cooking #baking #workshops #facilitation #socialinnovation #socialenterprise #hiking #biking #nature #wandering #introduction -
I recently migrated to spore.social, so here's a new #intro post.
Some of my primary interests include:
#systemsthinking #systems #systemicdesign #sustainability #circulareconomy #degrowth #steadystate #wickedproblems #complexity #inequality #ClimateChange #climate #politics #reading #writing #arithmeticnotsomuch #editing #gardening #composting #cooking #baking #workshops #facilitation #socialinnovation #socialenterprise #hiking #biking #nature #wandering #introduction -
Oh lol. Now when I ask it about #Rowing it has no idea about how the importance of #SteadyState . I take it back. This tool needs a huge amount of work before it’s ready for prime time. I was worried for google. Now I worry for open AI getting litigated if they can’t stop their chat tool from giving advice that may hurt someone.
In all fairness #OpenAI states all the warnings and this tool is very much in testing. But it shows some dangerous signs too.
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@MatthiasSchmelzer
... reduce energy demand...go for cultural activities, selfmade & in @neighbour_hoods (bluebrd), reskilling like with #TransitionTowns
Look for #SteadyState #Economy ies
--> https://www.reedocate-me.com/AND boost #EARTH 's #Albedo bottom up with Dr. Ye Tao's MEER Project, while going to ZERO industrial #CO2 #Emission
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@MatthiasSchmelzer
... reduce energy demand...go for cultural activities, selfmade & in @neighbour_hoods (bluebrd), reskilling like with #TransitionTowns
Look for #SteadyState #Economy ies
--> https://www.reedocate-me.com/AND boost #EARTH 's #Albedo bottom up with Dr. Ye Tao's MEER Project, while going to ZERO industrial #CO2 #Emission
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The full hard-hitting paper by Bill Rees is here: https://www.austriaca.at/0xc1aa5576%200x003dcfa1.pdf
#steadystate #EcologicalCivilization #overshoot #footprint #oneplanetliving
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Provocative essay (not sure I 100% agree) that argues that the "megascale" aspect of traditional #SocialMedia is both ethically suspect and socially unsustainable. Intrigued by the parallels to #NoGrowth #sustainable #SteadyState economics. (Linking to this site since The Atlantic is behind a paywall.)
https://productivityhub.org/2021/11/12/people-arent-meant-to-talk-this-much/
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How do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy
Steady State Economics:
An Interview with Martin Tye
Australasian Regional Representative, Centre for Advancement of Steady State Economics (CASSE)
What is a Steady State Economy?
A Steady State Economy is a mildly fluctuating economy that does not exceed ecological and planetary limits.
A Steady State Economy is not an alternative economic ideology that is centred on endless GDP growth. It is neither capitalism nor communism.
Economic growth, with all of its downsides, is clearly unsustainable in the 21st century. Long-term recession is no panacea either. A steady state economy is the sustainable alternative to perpetual economic growth.
Economic growth was never a magic bullet; it is simply an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services–it can’t possibly lead to a sustainable outcome. In contrast, the steady state economy provides the means for present and future generations to achieve a high quality of life.
In this interview, Palm Oil Detectives speaks with Martin Tye, a representative of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) in Regional Australia. Martin studies ecological economics and history and passionate about improving the quality of life for current and future generations and restoring wildlife.
The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) was formed in 2003 by conservation biologist, author, speaker and media commentator Brian Czech.
palm oil on fire After a forest fire in Sumatra – Craig Jones Wildlife Photography Say no to palm oil biodieselHow do we stop the world’s ecosystems from going into a death spiral? A #SteadyState Economy. An interview with @SteadyStateEcon’s Australasian leader @MartinRev21
“Somehow, we have come to think the whole purpose of the economy is to grow, yet growth is not a goal or purpose. The pursuit of endless growth is suicidal.”
David Suzuki
The goal of Steady State Economics is to substitute the model of endless GDP growth with a stable and mildly fluctuating economy
The term often refers to a national economy, but ‘Steady State’ economics also be applied to a local, regional, or global economy.
An economy can reach a steady state after a period of growth or after a period of downsizing or degrowth.
#SteadyState Economics calls for everyone to demand a shift from a model of endless GDP growth towards a mildly fluctuating economy that exists in harmony with animals and ecosystems @steadystateecon @martinrev21 #Boycott4Wildlife
Economic growth A.K.A. GDP growth encourages wasteful overconsumption and #ecocide. Be a part of the solution, push for a #SteadyState economy and #Boycott4Wildlife the global brands destroying the world @steadystateecon @martinrev21
In a #SteadyState economy people would choose to consume materials responsibly, conserving, economising, and recycling where appropriate. This movement is aligned to the #Boycott4Wildlife find out more @steadystateecon @martinrev21
A steady state economy may not exceed ecological limits
Photos: Craig Jones Wildlife Photography
A steady state economy entails a population growth and per capita consumption that is stabilised and balanced.
GDP is a solid indicator of economic activity and environmental impact – not well-being. All else equal, the steady state economy is indicated by stabilised, or mildly fluctuating GDP.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not a good indicator of well-being
Economic growth, otherwise known as GDP growth, encourages wasteful overconsumption
In a steady state economy, people consume enough to meet their needs and lead meaningful, joyful lives without undermining the life-support systems of the planet
With a Steady State economy, conspicuous consumption becomes a thing of the past
People choose to consume energy and materials responsibly, conserving, economising, and recycling where appropriate.
Citizens (yes citizens, not consumers) recognise that the culture of materialism as a bankrupt ideology and a poor path to happiness.
People forget about trying to accumulate evermore stuff, instead focusing on more worthwhile pursuits.
Personal and societal decisions about how much to consume take into account sustainability principles and the needs of future generations.
If the world continues on its current trajectory, in 20 years what will happen doesn’t bear thinking about. Things will get very ugly!
Industrial scale food agriculture is a necessary support to growing economies- all part and parcel of the package, in particular their demand for growing populations (consumers- who need to be fed, so they can buy).
A growing economy consumes natural resources and produces wastes. This results in biodiversity loss, air and water pollution, climate destabilisation, and other major environmental threats.
GDP growth metrics fails to consider the ecological impacts of production, or recognise ecological limits to growth. So ecological pressures continue unabated.
Photos: Craig Jones Wildlife Photography
What would steady state global agriculture look like?
Just as a growth economy tends to impart industrial characteristics to its agricultural systems, a steady state economy tends to impart sustainable characteristics to its agricultural systems.
A fixed quantity of food
Such an economy requires a fixed quantity of food. There is no need for constantly increasing the amount of food produced, and there is a calming effect on the landscape – not as much land needs to be in crop-production mode.
Low throughput of energy and materials
In addition to stable population and consumption, a steady state economy features stable and relatively low throughput of energy and materials, a characteristic that applies to the agricultural sector.
Decentralised and local
The best way to achieve sustainable throughput in agricultural systems is to decentralize. Inputs, especially fossil fuel inputs, can be reduced by shifting to local systems of production, distribution and consumption. Agriculture in a Steady State Economy
If the world adopts Steady State model now, in 20 years significant improvements will be visible in the world
Guided by a dashboard of ecological, social and economic progress indicators (GPI’s) we will have begun to re-shape the world.
Ecosystems would have started their recovery, economies would be progressing towards a restructured smaller local and sustainable scale.
As resource pressures ease, so too will international and regional tensions
People will see improved life satisfaction as “well-being” replaces “growth” as a goal.
In this version of the future, the world would be a much happier and positive place than it is today. In this state, human achievement and potential will be maximised.
The Steady State economics model offers goals like sustainability and fairness with the least amount of impingement on individual freedoms.
Cargill – Animal Utopia by Hartmut Kiewurt https://hartmutkiewert.de/werk/animal-utopia/A steady state economy has four basic principles:
1. Maintain the health of ecosystems and the life-support services they provide.
2. Extract renewable resources like fish and timber at a rate no faster than they can be regenerated.
3. Consume non-renewable resources like fossil fuels and minerals at a rate no faster than they can be replaced by the discovery of renewable substitutes.
4. Deposit wastes in the environment at a rate no faster than they can be safely assimilated.
The Steady Stater Podcast
To explain the concepts of the Steady State Economy, CASSE created a podcast in 2021.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7gywdCKiTyluVQhD5iKJW8?si=RXS_kBKeSQ2IZS1brECEzQ
A steady state: The only kind of economy that’s sustainable in the long term
It is an economy that meets people’s needs without undermining the life-support services of the planet.
This will paint a more realistic picture of the state of things, better inform policy and guide the changes they need to make.
The strongest move policy-makers can make is to adopt new performance indicators to replace GDP
People need to understand that “economic growth” is propping up short sighted economic parasites
Cop26 deforestationWe see resistance to change in the fossil fuel lobby, the palm oil lobby, meat agriculture, property developers, retail chains etc. Before universally smoking was frowned upon, we saw resistance from the tobacco industry. Before this, slave holders also resisted change.
Martin Tye
Photos: Craig Jones Wildlife Photography
People power is needed to change the system. The steady state economic model provides the only real solution
Research: Boycotts Are Worthwhile and Effective
Despite sustained and vigorous attempts by corporates and industry certification schemes like RSPO, MSC and FSC to downplay the impact and effectiveness of consumer boycotts, it turns out that boycotts are impactful and drive social change. They force profit-first and greedy corporations to change their ways and do better. They also create a tangible sense…
by Palm Oil DetectivesSeptember 11, 2021November 5, 2024Simplicity and non-violence are obviously closely related
As physical resources are limited, people satisfying their needs by means of a modest use of resources are obviously less likely to be at each other’s throats than people depending upon a high rate of use. Equally, people who live in highly self-sufficient local communities are less likely to get involved in large-scale violence than people whose existence depends on world-wide systems of trade. ~ Buddhist Economics By E. F. Schumacher
Activists can take individual action and collective action to effect change
A good example of a collective of researchers, economists, conservationists and activists pushing for change is CASSE: The Centre for Advancement of Steady State Economics.
Good examples of grass-roots, bottom-up collectives include: the #Boycott4Wildlife, Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future and the Vegan Land Movement.
The Counterpunch: Consumer Solutions To Fight Extinction
February 7, 2021July 7, 2024 October 15, 2021December 28, 2024Why join the #Boycott4Wildlife?
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Photos: Craig Jones Wildlife Photography
https://twitter.com/martinrev21/status/1479876834258927621?s=20
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Photography, Art: Craig Jones, PxFuel. CASSE, Pixabay
Words: Martin Tye, CASSE.
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Find out moreFurther reading
Czech, B., and H. Daly. 2004. The steady state economy: what it is, entails, and connotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(2):598-605.
Czech, B. 2019. The trophic theory of money: principles, corollaries, and policy implications. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 152(1):66-81.
Czech, B. 2006. Steady state economy. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Tom Tietenberg et al., National Council for Science and the Environment, Washington, DC.
Czech, B. 2009. Ecological economics, in Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems. Developed under the auspices of UNESCO-EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK (copy compliments of UNESCO).
Czech, B. 2009. The self-sufficient services fallacy. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7(5):240-241.
Czech, B. 2008. Prospects for reconciling the conflict between economic growth and biodiversity conservation with technological progress. Conservation Biology 22(6):1389-1398.
Hardin, Garrett. 1968. “Tragedy of the Commons.” Science, volume 162, pages 1243-1248.
Mill, John Stuart. 1848. “Of the Stationary State,” Book IV, Chapter VI in Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, J.W. Parker, London, England.
Schumacher, E.F. 1966. “Buddhist Economics” in Guy Wint (ed.), Asia: A Handbook, Anthony Blond Ltd., London, U.K.
#Boycott4wildlife #boycotting #CASSE #CentreForAdvancementOfSteadyStateEconomics #community #conservation #CreativesForCoolCreatures #deforestation #degrowth #ecocide #ecology #economics #ecosystem #fossilfuel #MartinTye #PalmOil #palmOilDeforestation #politics #populations #rainforestConservation #research #SteadyState
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@a7
Indeed, Mouse. If you transact over #Tor, #bitcoin becomes more private.We have #socialism for the #billionaireClass and #dogEatDog for the 99%. Bitcoin actually solves this because the #centralBank cannot #printMoney for their mates on and #CEOs on #wallStreet.
That's what excites us about crypto, its a return to a #steadyState economy that is less #cronyist and #corporatist and more #equal. #LandTax will need to be implemented because incomes will be unknown. *wink*