ok, as the post name says, this is a random thought i, well, thought and wrote down during class at uni. the class was sustainability 101, a ridiculously easy subject.
i don't like these sustainability classes because they always talk about how the world is going to hell, how they're trying their darndest to get people to realise, and how its a tragedy so few people are doing anything to make it better. in other words, talking about changing the world, apparently expecting someone else to do it.
not that i'm currently any better, but, you know, i'm still figuring it all out. surveying the lay of the land, if you will. i mean, if you can't do something intelligently, don't do it at all. 'know your enemy as you know yourself' kind of thing. i think thats in the art of war.
what? oh, yes the idea i had. well, its not really an idea, its more of an ongoing thought process, that analyzes why the world is as it is, why its apparently so difficult to change for the better, and, hopefully and inevitably, how to induce the change needed.
so, the most important consequence of the needed change in society is the transition of wealth. for instance,
from fossil fuel industries to other cleaner, renewable, more efficient, simply superior energy source industries, like solar energy, or, nuclear energy, thanks to some new innovations.
in other words, from industries from the past, to industries of the future.
obviously the older industries, with the money and power, are doing everything they can to stay on top, because they want to stay wealthy.
and then of course theres the eternal industries, like food or medicine, that seem controlled by avarice, the love of riches.
in order for change, this apparently overriding drive to stay wealthy in the wealthy has to be alleviated. its like some odd addiction. it needs to stop being addictive. it is a human made part of the world, therefore it should bend to our will, we should not bend to the will of money.
therefore, the question i'm asking, why is money, why is wealth, so desirable? what makes it 'addictive'? i can only think of four, but i'm sure there must be more. i will say them in the next post to do with this.
there is alot more to this thought process than just this, this is only step one. i'm kind of surprised i need so many words to even barely explain a small amount of it. i'll do another post about this. maybe another 8 or 9. not back to back, this must be very boring. i'll do some more 'wikirandoms' (shut up, i'm trying to think of a proper name for it!) between them.
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