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Two good friends: happiness and sustainability

Einstein is said to have remarked: insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
The new Happy Planet Index Report indicates that something like this could be driving the religion of endless growth, one of the central pillars of traditional economic thinking.
Driven by evolutionary instincts, which the writers of the [...]

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Caring and stuff

So, what’s the matter with this SUSTAINABILITY gibberish anyway?
How about this: sustainability is the issue which sets apart man and animal.
Animals DON’T CARE about sustainability above the level where they sustain their individual genes.
Ecological- or resource-sustainability issues don’t matter to them – as far as they are concerned, these issues don’t even exist.
Not even consciousness [...]

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