> I just realized that life itself is basically a gigantic Ponzi scheme, and the pyramid is dangerously close to collapsing. In the developed world, we have evolved a society in which a relatively small number of old people have many of their needs cared for through the financial contributions of a larger number of much younger people.
He's not describing a property of life or even human life, but of an economic system shortsightedly based on economic and population growth and externalizing costs.
Human societies have lived without growth in many places and times for hundreds of thousands of years (and collapsed after growth many places and times).
Change the system's underlying goals and you change the outcomes. I'm working to replace the beliefs from growth to enjoying what you have and from externalizing costs to stewardship.
We can change those goals. If we don't, we're only forestalling the inevitable result of any Ponzi scheme.
He's not describing a property of life or even human life, but of an economic system shortsightedly based on economic and population growth and externalizing costs.
Human societies have lived without growth in many places and times for hundreds of thousands of years (and collapsed after growth many places and times).
Change the system's underlying goals and you change the outcomes. I'm working to replace the beliefs from growth to enjoying what you have and from externalizing costs to stewardship.
We can change those goals. If we don't, we're only forestalling the inevitable result of any Ponzi scheme.