Originally Posted by
Robert Foster
There is a recurring theme in this forum particularly. It is that life was better before people got things. If we study history closely we will discover that it wasn't all that great and that is why people adopted our modern world, because it was easier and to most people, better. If it wasn't they wouldn't have changed.
I agree that getting more things was a step forward.
ONE step forward. Not the
LAST step forward, hopefully.
IMO, the
NEXT step forward is to figure out how nine billion people can all have enough things, while at the same time preserving the earth that provides all those things.