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Initial comments on solution space of Industrial Society's Predicament
Start small, start slow.
What can I do?
- Share excitement of your vegetable garden with collegues and neighbours
- Meet your neighbour, and simply say hello. No need for too much pomp.
- Start community building, by initially being visible in your street, in a non threatening way, such as planting a garden in your nature strip on the street. Sweet potato's work well and look nice.
Key up and coming themes
The future is rapidly approaching, a number of deeply interconnected issues are converging upon the global industrial civilisation that threaten stability and existence. These include:
- Climate change
- Over population
- Species loss
- Resource depletion
- Financial crisis
- Social media
- Acidification of the oceans
- Top soil erosion
Humanity faces multiple converging predicaments.
The distinction boils down to this: problems have solutions; predicaments have outcomes
Solution Space | Comment |
---|---|
Capital intensive projects | Outside of solution space |
Requires large scale societal engagement in rational planning for long term goals | Outside of solution space |
Requires functioning of large scale organisations operating in a top-down manner | Outside of solution space |
Dependant on a large scale cooperative social context | Outside of solution space |
Energy intensive projects | Outside of solution space |
Dependant on the current level of socioeconomic complexity | Outside of solution space |
–Source: https://www.foss.blog/2015/08/20/the-boundaries-and-future-of-solution-space/**