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The Chinese government makes the Wall of Shame today for efforts to gin up population growth. Our disappointment mounts in the wake of a recent announcement about “success” in these efforts.
I find especially distasteful efforts like this to deceive and manipulate the uninformed into participating in the destruction of their life-support systems:
This is not the first time in history some profound wisdom was conveyed by a carpenter. Erik Lindberg is not a professor, reformed Wall Street financier, economist, physicist, or even Tibetan monk. He’s just a carpenter with a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature, and a guy who has taken the time to sit back and ponder what the fuck we are doing here on Earth in the 21st century.
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Wall Of Shame
Reporting & commentary that assume eternal growth is feasible, good, and necessary for prosperity.
Wall Of Fame
Reporting & commentary that recognize growth has limits, costs, and consequences.
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Examples of classic pro-growth bias or exceptional acknowledgement of limits to growth, submitted by our readers!.
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