The ecological constraints on population and technological growth will inevitably lead to social and economic systems different from the ones in which we live today. In order to survive, humankind will have to develop what might be called steady state. The steady state formula is so different from the philosophy of endless quantitative growth, which has so far dominated Western civilization, that it may cause widespread public alarm.” -  Rene Dubos, 1969.




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