Degrowth and the Swiss Climate Referendum

There is a national referendum coming up in Switzerland about climate change. Basically the proposal is to become climate neutral by 2050 and one of the main arguments by the federal government in favour of the proposal is to become more energy independent, less dependent on other countries for energy, particularly fossil fuels which all… Continue reading Degrowth and the Swiss Climate Referendum

power and admiration

I am reading a collection of essays by Bertrand Russell. The second essay is entitled “Useless” Knowledge. In this essay there is discussion that people spend their lives seeking power and admiration. I have previously written about greed and aggression being defining charactistics of humans but maybe power and admiration are related to these. Maybe… Continue reading power and admiration