27/12/2024
I’m doing some research to flesh out a theory. I’m thinking you are around my age. I’m thinking that you have been “aware” of the overshoot problems of continuous industrial growth since the 1980s. I’m thinking that you have continued in your awareness and concern and that this has influenced choices and efforts in your life. You have made some or even major contributions in some way toward making things better and restoring balance between technology benefit, social wellbeing and thriving nature.
Here is what I’m thinking - you and I are not alone, but we are a diaspora and this means that the effectiveness of all the individuals who hold the awareness is neutralised.
If this theory is correct, then spending any more time trying to raise awareness is futile. The awareness is sufficient. If this theory is correct, then the transformation is most likely to occur through convergence, confluence, nucleation and crystallisation of the transdisciplinary contributions into a discipline.
Transition Engineering
