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Boredom in Yorkshire and sensory reset
A few days ago I was at a café in London and overheard two city slickers talking big deals. Then one turned to the other and said: “But you know, what do you do when you get to 46 and … Continue reading
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Ouch: a system of environmental justice
Maximising happiness does not work. I wonder if minimising pain can work a bit better. Let’s say we create a measure of a unit of pain e.g. a “hurt” established by experiment as the pain experienced by putting your index … Continue reading
The footprint of fulfillment
One of the most important social, economic and environmental questions is: what do we do once we have enough food and shelter? This is relevant for two or three billion people on the planet, and among those are the people … Continue reading
Pelicans, sufficiency and fear of the future
How we respond to sufficiency is critical for addressing the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. This is critically linked to education and attitudes to risk. Consider how pelicans handle sufficiency. Of these the American naturalist John James Audubon wrote: “Pluming … Continue reading
AirBnB and protecting nature
Experience of AirBnB in the USA illustrates an important thing about the relationship between man and the planet. AirBnB is the online “bed and breakfast” agency (without the breakfast) now valued at $10bn. We stayed at two AirBnB’s on a … Continue reading