Comments on: Long Live Gravity http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/10/28/long-live-gravity/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: amoslanka http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/10/28/long-live-gravity/#comment-1232 amoslanka Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:50:05 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-1232 @chad -- you're right about the notion of perpetual growth. we seem to have forgotten (if we ever knew in the first place) the law of diminishing returns. The latest movements in environmentalism seem to attempt to reconcile the devastation of limited natural resources, or at least to find sustainability, but even then they come vastly short and themselves seem to encourage consumption of <em>different</em> rather than less. I think the key to both environmental concerns and economic concerns is limit. @chad — you’re right about the notion of perpetual growth. we seem to have forgotten (if we ever knew in the first place) the law of diminishing returns.

The latest movements in environmentalism seem to attempt to reconcile the devastation of limited natural resources, or at least to find sustainability, but even then they come vastly short and themselves seem to encourage consumption of different rather than less.

I think the key to both environmental concerns and economic concerns is limit.

]]> By: Brittany http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/10/28/long-live-gravity/#comment-1231 Brittany Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:23:56 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-1231 I am reminded of a quote I heard yesterday. Sometime in the early 90's Donald Trump is walking in New York with his daughter. There is a homeless man sleeping against a Trump Tower. "That man is richer than me" he says to his child. At this time the Trumps carried more debt than a small nation. Yet still he lives a life of excess. I am reminded of a quote I heard yesterday. Sometime in the early 90’s Donald Trump is walking in New York with his daughter. There is a homeless man sleeping against a Trump Tower.
“That man is richer than me” he says to his child.
At this time the Trumps carried more debt than a small nation. Yet still he lives a life of excess.

]]> By: chadhend http://blog.amoslanka.com/2008/10/28/long-live-gravity/#comment-1230 chadhend Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:40:08 +0000 http://amoslanka.wordpress.com/?p=1223#comment-1230 I totally agree! I mean, when you have a nation of people living on credit cards and debt, ruled by a government that is getting by only on debt and encouraging people to spend more... well, that doesn't sound so healthy and balanced, does it? The tricky part just seems to be that the entire economy, and maybe the world economy (I'm no expert, haha) seems to be based on the idea of growth, and really how much can it keep growing before we use up our resources or ruin everthing in the process? I totally agree! I mean, when you have a nation of people living on credit cards and debt, ruled by a government that is getting by only on debt and encouraging people to spend more… well, that doesn’t sound so healthy and balanced, does it? The tricky part just seems to be that the entire economy, and maybe the world economy (I’m no expert, haha) seems to be based on the idea of growth, and really how much can it keep growing before we use up our resources or ruin everthing in the process?

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