Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
-- E. F. Schumacher
#EFSchumacher
Modern economists are used to measuring the "standard of living" by the amount of annual consumption, assuming all the time that a man who consumes more is "better off" than a man who consumes less.... Since consumption is merely a means to human well-being, the aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with the minimum of consumption... The less toil there is, the more time and strength is left for artistic creativity. Modern economics, on the other hand, considers consumption to be the sole end and purpose of all economic activity.
-- E. F. Schumacher (Small Is Beautiful)
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #EFSchumacher #Consumption #Economics
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Flowers #Junkyard #Minnesota
Since consumption is merely a means to human well-being, the aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with the minimum of consumption.... The less toil there is, the more time and strength is left for artistic creativity.
-- E. F. Schumacher
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
-- E. F. Schumacher
> 'The craftsman himself.' says #AnandaCoomaraswamy... 'can always, if allowed to, draw the delicate distinction between #TheMachine and #TheTool. The #CarpetLoom is a tool, a contrivance for holding warp threads at a stretch for the pile to be woven round them by the craftsmen's fingers; but the #PowerLoom is a machine, and its significance as a #DestroyerOfCulture lies in the fact that it does the essentially human part of the work.'"
Since consumption is merely a means to human well-being, the aim should be to obtain the maximum of well-being with the minimum of consumption.... The less toil there is, the more time and strength is left for artistic creativity.
-- E. F. Schumacher
⬆ #Quotes #EFSchumacher #Consumption
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
Good morning!
I've been thinking a LOT about systems (of all kinds) lately, and not only does this seems appropriate, but also what #TravellingLight is all about.
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.” ~ #EFSchumacher
Find your #empathy and #compassion, #simplify, and #KeepGoing. 💪
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
-- E. F. Schumacher
Thanks, @strypey
I'm following up on @laura and @aral now.
I remember the WWW before Wired magazine interrupted and took over the narrative.
Paulina Borsook wrote about that moment in "Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech" (2000).
As they say, if you want to change the world, change the language you use to describe it. The rest will follow.
Welcome to the fediverse @mark_mcguire !
> I’ve been thinking about EF Schumacher's Small is Beautiful
I read most of this book about 20 years ago, very influential on my thinking. The permaculture principle "small and slow solutions" was not doubt inspired at least in part by Schumacher's work. I like to think of the fediverse as small and slow solutions for social media ;)
> The problems of education are merely reflections of the deepest problems of our age. They cannot be solved by... the expenditure of money ...Education which fails to clarify our central convictions.. the disorder will grow worse. Education , far from...man’s greatest resource, will then be an agent of destruction, in accordance with the principle corruptio optimi pessima...
- http://www.fearofnature.com/small-is-beautiful-economics-as-if-people-mattered-schumacher
#corruptioOptimiPessima #SmallIsBeautiful #EFSchumacher #education
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