An 8-point Manifesto on the Collapse of Global Industrial Civilization

[GliderGuider]

15. Good questions.

I define Global Industrial Civilization™ as the web of corporate empires that uses global trade in industrial goods, money and information to bind the planet in a memetic web devoted to ownership, growth and profit.

Yes, all civilizations are unsustainable. What makes this one different from those that preceded it is that it has exceeded the carrying capacity not just of a region but of the planet as a whole, with all that implies for the other life that shares it.

I personally suggest adapting to the coming changes through various mechanisms of re-localization; by discarding the memes of growth and profit to whatever extent is possible; and by rebuilding the links between individuals and the natural world (reconstituting communities and replacing economic views with ecological views). But these are just my suggestions. There are seven billion suggestion-generators on the planet right now, all of them different. what would you suggest?

My comment about tribes refers to the fact that they worked as the primary social organization for hundreds of thousands of years. That's a long track record of success in my book. Individuals have always been the agents of adaptation - they are where the ideas come from.

I'll turn your last question back to you: What would "awakening" mean to you?