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Post by sushilydv on Sept 19, 2010 6:05:32 GMT -6
.. The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature. The first rule of sustainability is - destroy less. The fewer things we make the more sustainable we are. A society that destroys ecosystems for "consumer goods" in addition to food, clothing and shelter is the least sustainable - and will exist for the shortest duration. Industrial society has destroyed necessary things [animals, trees, air, water and land] for making unnecessary things [consumer goods].In "Industrial Society" work turns into overwork, unnecessary work, destructive work. "Growth Rate" - "Economy Rate" - "GDP" These are figures of "Ecocide". These are figures of "crimes against Nature". These are figures of "destruction of Ecosystems". These are figures of "Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality". Infinite growth and development on a small planet that is just 40,000 km in circumference? - Industrial Society is insane. To read the complete article please follow any of these links : www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1796www.envirolink.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2915www.ilovephilosophy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=145350sushil_yadav Delhi , India Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
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Post by ViCtoria* on Sept 19, 2010 9:17:15 GMT -6
Hi sushil! Thank you for sharing the article with us, it seems very interesting . Indeed, from my rather shallow point of view, I do agree that we live in a consumerist society that doesn't help us grow, neither people who have access to buy the items or the ones who are exploited to produce the items. But I also think about how, in the end, we should just let society unravel and see what will happen, right? A consumerist society also allows faster scientific research that could lead us to eventually leave the Earth and no longer worry about the whole ecosystem deal. What do you guys think? And have a karma, sushil It's a very interesting topic!
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Post by sushilydv on Sept 19, 2010 11:23:09 GMT -6
ViCtoria,
Thanks for reading the post. This is the only article I have written in my entire life.
The chances of finding and moving to another planet like earth are very remote. So far man has not been able to go beyond the moon. There is no other life sustaining ecosystem/ planet within the solar system. Outside the solar system planets and galaxies are millions of light years away - billions of light years away..
sushil_yadav
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