GROWTH

No one here believes that growth the way we have it now is survivable. It's also clear that down growing isn't feasible. It's a case where we have been prodded through capitalism to a precipice where many among the throng have started falling in. But a significant portion, exemplified by readers here, can see clearly that going forward with the cattle is fatal.

But, as with cattle, turning back means you get trampled by the throng of these to the rear earnestly charging in your direction. You can't go forward and you can't go backward. The logical thing is to freeze the action so that everybody stays precisely where they are, not moving an inch.

So how is that growth? Staying in one place requires great energy, since it equivalates to the energy that is embodied in building a dyke, and the physics involved in the function of the dyke. And let's say we are at zero in terms of building this system whereby everything can be frozen in place, there is an enormous amount of energetic work ahead to create this system of stasis and keep it going against pressures for unaffordable movement (that has traditionally been seen as natural and inevitable). Think developers.

But if developers knew what was good for them, they'd turn their attention to building the system--a huge growth project--to keep everything exactly where it is. A Christmas Present.