Transitioning to A Society of Sloth?

“”Collapse” is defined as the rapid transformation to a lower degree of complexity, typically involving significantly less energy consumption. Societies “collapse” when they become too complex for their energy base. Thus, the collapse of capitalism is inevitable because capitalism must grow to survive – must become more-and-more complex and consume more-and-more energy.

But a “planned collapse” – a planned simplification – would not only mitigate much of the human suffering, it could also usher in a new golden age of leisure, music, arts and crafts – a simpler, more humane, more spiritual society. It’s more-than-obvious that Mr. Potatohead has no answers, so we must see “planned collapse” as a “systems engineering” problem – not as an “economic” problem (“getting the prices right”).”

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