Message-ID: <32DC0B16.3BA@mind.net> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 22:39:18 +0000 From: "B. Diamond" <mailto:bdiamond@MIND.NET> Subject: Re: What kind of technology do WE need? To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Wilbur Streett wrote:> The point is that you can't sustain the population of the world with the
> politically correct "sustainable" development.
Your right, Wilbur, which is precisely why the current world population is UNSUSTAINABLE! It is being propped-up by the use of fertilizers, pesticides (now called "crop protectants" by the industry) etc, and yet are yields are tapering off--the soil is exhausted.
> If you want to talk about sustainable development, you have to realize that
> most of the population is quite happy with the way that things are RIGHT
> NOW.
Wilbur, I would imagine that if you asked most alcoholics or drug addicts if they were happy with their lives, they'd say "yes," otherwise they wouldn't still be alcoholics and drug addicts, right? It's called DENIAL, and it's *very* powerful.
B. Diamond