a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
b_b  ·  618 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This Pioneering Economist Says Our Obsession With Growth Must End

    The minute we start measuring shit differently we start doing shit differently.

Ok so the point is that if we measured for, let's say for a lack of a better term, "well-being", and came up with an equivalent of GNP for well-being, the we could strive to maximize our well-being index without reference to dollars changing hands or BTUs of natural gas burned?