Turning Points
I get the sense that the world cannot sustain the amount of people we have at the standard of living that they expect. I get the sense that all of the global challenges that are beginning to come to a head – climate change, mass migration, environmental degradation, are caused by third world nations moving towards first world standards of living. Perhaps the world can sustain the consumer driven culture that the west enjoys with its massive consumption of resources and the incredible detritus of its waste. But it can only do so if that culture is contained within the confines of the west. As billions of people demand the same kind of standard of living that the west enjoys, concurrent resource consumption and the accompanying pollution and environmental waste, explode to unsustainable levels. The west will continue to demand its current standard of living even as the third world demands it also. And if the third world cannot get it in the plac...