Greed and Excess Drive The Climate Crisis, So Why Aren’t They Being Questioned?
The health of the economy depends on it Looking through a microscope at yachts on a shoreline is the closest many will get to living the lives of the rich and famous.…
Economic Growth Creates a Rat Race, But Does the Rat Race Make Us Happy?
Arguments used to justify more economic growth are based on flawed assumptions Every single country has the same economic goal, to increase economic growth, but why? Economic growth is intertwined with…
Why the Age of Hyper Superficiality Makes People Desperately Unhappy
The aim of the game is to become rich; how you get there doesn’t matter Winning in society is all about having the most money. If you have the most money, you…
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Why the Productivity Culture Glamorising 100 Hour Work Weeks is Deranged Everyone is in a mad race to make more money than everyone else
You often hear the routines of highly successful people and their highly productive lives. Each second is planned meticulously. They wake up at 4 am, do an intense workout, work 14…
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Why ‘Living Your Best Life’ is Destroying Life For Everyone Else The saying of our time is a symbol of a culture out of balance with the world around it
I’m living my best life — it’s a phrase often used by social media influencers. The idea is that they have grabbed life by the scruff of the neck, and they are living…
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We Could be Working a 15 Hour Work Week, so Why Aren’t We? We live in a culture that values money as a possession over money as a tool to enjoy life
In 1930 the economist John Maynard Keynes wrote Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren. He argued that continued increases in productivity would allow us to make more with less effort. In other…