Consumption-machine or conscious contributor?



It looks like we are at crossroads in our society.
If we continue our consumption-based lifestyle, we will be overruled by the climate as well as by migrations and probably wars for scarce resources.

There are just too many people living the ‘Gospel of More’. 
We have been conditioned to eat more meat and processed foods, buy more fashionable clothes, have bigger cars and houses. 
In order to be able to buy more (and pay the rents on debts), we need to earn more. 
To earn more we need to work more and get higher salaries.
To get paid more, we might even do work that is unethical or damaging (the health) of others and the planet. 
We might even accept terrible work conditions. 
Except for the ‘essential jobs’, there are a lot of B.S. jobs.
Still people are competing for paid work, just to pay the bills of ‘More’.
This work and lifestyle destroy the environment.
There are more coaches and books about self-help, diets, and exercise. 
Yet, there are also more obese and depressed people than ever before.

More people.
The growth of the population is unprecedented. Have a look at this graph.



The ‘Gospel of More’’.
Everyone wants more. 
The elite want to grow and keep what they have.
The rest also strive to have a similar lifestyle.
Nobody wants to change.
As we are not changing by ourselves, outside forces like climate change and viruses are now forcing us to change.
We are starting to realize that ‘More’ might not be a worthwhile cause anymore.

We need to transform from consumption-machines into conscious contributors.
The old way of applying innovation and technology won’t get us out of this mess.
We first need new economic, social and environmental operating systems. 
Then new ways of learning, living and working can be designed and implemented.
And then we can have a better world for all, people and planet. 

We need to move from ‘Fitting In’ to ‘Flying Out’ to ‘Extraordinarian’.
Are you ready for this odyssey? 


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