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Herein lies the power work has over our lives. Work integrates us. It defines us as citizens and as breadwinners that have earned the right to belong. And yet, our union with work, a union that is encapsulated in our desire to succeed as individuals, is actually attached to paid work which is arguably less about individual or social wealth and more about the private appropriation of surplus value (Weeks, 2011).
The Experience Society
Steven Miles
The fact that *ignorance grows in tandem with new knowledge* is the reason why we are, at the individual level, equal unknowers. People do have more or less knowledge or intelligence than other people, but __often it is this very strength, one’s superior knowledge, that can be the main hindrance to perceiving one’s own ignorance.__
The Unknowers
Linsey McGoey
Fortunately, we know that GDP can be absolutely decoupled from emissions. The real question is whether we can decarbonize fast enough to stay under 1.5 degrees, without relying on fanciful negative emissions technologies. The answer, sadly, is no.
Here's a Simple Solution to the Green Growth / De-Growth Debate | Global Policy Journal
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