Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’
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Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’
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Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’. Previous ‘fixes’ overcoming past barriers (?). Growth delusions: “If we can land a man on the moon, surely we can…”. Often ‘ technofixes ’ create more problems than they solve. ‘ Technofixes ’ can create problems even when most ‘benign’. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Growth Delusions: The ‘Technofix’
Previous ‘fixes’ overcoming past barriers (?)
Growth delusions: “If we can land a man on the moon, surely we can…”
Often ‘technofixes’ create more problems than they solve.
‘Technofixes’ can create problems even when most ‘benign’.
Other problems with ‘technofixes’.
Technology can make some differencebut the potential of ‘alternatives’ is frequently exaggerated
‘Alternative’ is frequently not ‘appropriate’
As of 2011
Does production for social need remove ‘limits’ barriers?
?Both, however, run up similar bills
in nature’s accounts
Limits-to-growth cannot be cheated!
Limits-to-growth cannot be cheated!
