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Music. Books. Boardgames. Politics. Cognac. Science. Travel. Ingress. Beer. Media.

I hold many opinions, yet wield no power whatsoever. Living in Inner West Melbourne in Kulin Nation.

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Kate Raworth asks us to consider a new meaning of progress...

Instead of pursuing endless growth, it is time to pursue well-being for all people as part of a thriving world, with policymaking that is designed in the service of this goal. This results in a very different conception of progress: in the place of endless growth we seek a dynamic balance, one that aims to meet the essential needs of every person while protecting the life-supporting systems of our planetary home.

When we turn away from growth as the goal, we can focus directly on asking what it would take to deliver social and ecological well-being, through an economy that is regenerative and distributive by design. There are many possibilities – such as driving a low-carbon, zero-waste industrial transformation, with a green jobs guarantee, alongside free public transport, personal carbon allowances, and progressive wealth taxes.

Policies like these were, only a decade ago, considered too radical to be realistic. Today they look nothing less than essential.

FULL ESSAY -- https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/13/what-does-progress-look-like-on-a-planet-at-its-limit

#Economics #Politics #Degrowth

nevele ,
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@breadandcircuses Doughnut Economics was a book that blew me away. So many of my ingrained ideas about economy got a good shakeup. A book that changed my world perspective

nevele , to bookstodon group
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Question: Has the use of quotation marks for dialogue in fiction fallen out of favour, or has this always been a thing and haven't I picked up on it before?

I'm now reading the third book in a row (currently The Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, before that The Promise by Damon Galgut and No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy) and all three don't have dialogue marks.

Is this a stylistic choice on the author's part? Is this to make the pages seem calmer? Is this to save ink on pages? And is this really a new thing or haven't I just woken up to it before?

#bookstodon #quotationmarks @bookstodon #reading

nevele , to bookstodon group
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The World Of The Book exhibition at the State Library of Victoria is marvellous and free. Not only is the location beautiful, the exhibition is well laid out, superbly curated and informative. #melbourne #library #exhibition @bookstodon #bookstodon #books

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