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Locut0s

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4. I think the reason you don't see much change is the huge inertia present in society..

Reply to BridgeTheGap (Original post)

Sat Jan 4, 2014, 01:30 AM

Jan 2014

We are set in our ways. There are 7 billion of us on the planet. Our world revolves around a global capitalist economy that depends on a consumerist culture. There are entrenched political and economic interests everywhere.

For an idea to effect visible change on this type of world it has to be truly transformative, relatively easy to implement, and has to be win win win for all stakeholders involved. Otherwise there's just too much inertia working against it. Very very few ideas even among the brilliant ones, meet these criteria. It's the sad truth about our modern global culture.

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