More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources—and What Happens Next - Andrew McAfee Audiobook
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From the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Second Machine Age, a compelling argument—masterfully researched and brilliantly articulated—that we have at last learned how to increase human prosperity while treading more lightly on our planet.
Throughout history, the only way for humanity to grow was by degrading the Earth: chopping down forests, fouling the air and water, and endlessly digging out resources. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the reigning argument has been that taking better care of the planet means radically changing course: reducing our consumption, tightening our belts, learning to share and reuse, restraining growth. Is that argument correct?
Absolutely not. In More from Less, McAfee argues that to solve our ecological problems we don’t need to make radical changes. Instead, we need to do more of what we’re already doing: growing technologically sophisticated market-based economies around the world.
How can he possibly make this claim? Because of the evidence. America—a large, high-tech country that accounts for about 25% of the global economy—is now generally using less of most resources year after year, even as its economy and population continue to grow. What’s more, the US is polluting the air and water less, emitting fewer greenhouse gases, and replenishing endangered animal populations. And, as McAfee shows, America is not alone. Other countries are also transforming themselves in fundamental ways.
What has made this turnabout possible? One thing, primarily: the collaboration between technology and capitalism, although good governance and public awareness have also been critical. McAfee does warn of issues that haven’t been solved, like global warming, overfishing, and communities left behind as capitalism and tech progress race forward. But overall, More from Less is a revelatory, paradigm-shifting account of how we’ve stumbled into an unexpectedly better balance with nature—one that holds out the promise of more abundant and greener centuries ahead.
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This post has 4 comments with rating of 1.5/5
March 9th, 2022
How YOU learned to live on less. How all you dummies learned to live on less, and be happy.
Me? I’m fuuucking richer than EVER dog.
March 9th, 2022
@cklem420 That’s NOT what the book is about.
There is an excellent one-star review on Amazon by a Janne Korhonen but even where the book fails, it’s pointing in the direction of something incredibly important whether or not you think it addresses it well.
And maybe you should talk to someone about how needy you are to have to shout out about how much money you apparently have …
June 12th, 2022
What happens next? What always happen to yeast (humans) in a beaker of glucose when the glucose runs out?
The hour is very late. I’m still amazed how over 99% of the 8 Billion humans alive (and growing) are totally ignorant of their peril.
I like to think of it as 8 Billion humans playing musical chairs
‘Carrying Capacity and Overshoot:
Another Look’
http://www.paulchefurka.ca/CC_Overshoot.html
February 1st, 2023
This book is about how modern capitalism is successfully reducing it’s consumption of raw resources, while continuing to grow the economy. It focuses on the US, and presents the US as a positive example that developing countries can follow.
I’ve only listened as far as chapter 5, because I’ve gotten this far, and the author has brushed over the fact that a great deal of US manufacturing has shifted overseas, with nothing to justify his belief that this is unimportant.
If the shift of manufacturing overseas is not the cause of the US’s reduction of raw materials he needs to spend far more time explaining why that is, and providing evidence.
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