Climate change and our current socioeconomic system.

· People need to examine their consumption habits.

· Birthrates and population need to be bellow the carrying capacity threshold.

· Debt-based currencies need to be replaced by debt-free currencies.

· Urban planning needs to be changed. And no, I’m not one of those who propose that people have to live in coffin apartments in overcrowded cities; I actually propose the opposite! go rural!.

· Planned obsolescence and inefficient designs need to be replaced by new systems, a new renewable energy and smartgrid infrastructure needs to be built, etc.

· Progressive tax systems need to be implemented to fund the new infrastructure and social services.

· We need to change the approach to “jobs” and “work-time” . Do people really need to work 5-6 days a week? Wouldn’t it be better if people had more time to grow a garden, do some DIY stuff, study, research by themselves, take care of their relatives, get involved in their communities? Wouldn't it be better if people could use new technologies to work and study more from home?

After reading some articles those were my conclusions. Some sources:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qj4ka5/covid-19-broke-the-economy-what-if-we-dont-fix-it

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y

I’m not saying I agree necessarily with all their recommendations though.

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