The Arithmetic of Compassion

Actual Text
1) "And unfortunately we cant "grow" our way beyond this $9,000 a year figure, since at the current level of $65 trillion GWP we have already OVERSHOT BY 30% what the Earth actually produces"

2) "We actually need to "shrink" that down to $6,000 just to come back to a level where humanity is merely using 100% of everything the Earth produces"

Response

1) I agree with the author that $9,000 a year seems way too little to the average American but on a large scale this income would be way more than the average of $900 a year that almost half of the people in the world live on. If we already OVERSHOT by 30% of what the Earth actually produces then what damage have we done already, and is there coming back from that? Rent in Manhattan is more than $900 a month, and this is the yearly income for nearly half of the population.

2) In order for humans to create an environment that is sustainable, we need to be able to live on $6000 a person. This would reduce world output so that humanity is using exactly what humanity produces. We can focus on moving towards wave power and different green energy sources. More people need to be aware of this because it is a group effort as a human family and in order for this to be possible everything in regards to pricing and buying power needs to change.

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• The Wound & the Blessing/The Economy of Communion Project Post
• The Crest- Jewel of Wisdom & Work as a Spiritual Practice Post
• "What Money Can't Buy" Blog Post
• Blog Post Ni: FTRN Booklet & Arithmetic of Passion
• Work as a Spiritual Practice (The Transformation of Work)