Critiquing Growth

Skidelsky discusses the potential consequences of unleashing acquisitiveness as a method for achieving wealth, questioning how to rein it in once it has been unleashed. He also critiques the concept of happiness as a goal in life, emphasizing that it should be a byproduct of achievement and fulfillment. Additionally, he raises concerns about relying on future scientific advancements to solve environmental problems and the possibility of never-ending growth.

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Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough
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- In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," he described a society that looks startlingly like ours: people who live for pleasure and distraction, aided by consciousness-altering drugs that keep them happy. Should we engineer human systems to achieve a similar goal, or is there more to what we should be striving for? What state(s) of consciousness should we be trying to maximize? Is there a higher level of consciousness achievable by pharmaceutical or practical (e.g., meditation) means?

Critiquing Growth

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Robert Skidelsky on Money, the Good Life, and How Much is Enough

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