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Jason Hickel on technology and degrowth (monthlyreview.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hickel makes the case for degrowth politics embracing focused technological innovation. To my mind this sort of tech-forward, eco-socialist political articulation is needed to achieve a solar punk future and stave off the worst effects of climate change. Curious others' thoughts!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve been imagining some sort of “path to the future” along those same lines – we desperately need degrowth now and solarpunk gives us a believable and achievable goal to aim for

degrowth + permaculture
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solarpunk + social ecology
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Solar Union (Cassini Division, Ken MacLeod)
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United Federation of Planets (Star Trek)
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the Culture