#growth

dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com

What we mean by these things? Questions, mostly on political economy

A few questions, intended to guide inquiry (they're the ones pressing on my own mind), mostly about economics, political economy, sustainability, and related matters.

I make no representations that this list is complete or representative. The goal is to provoke thought.

  1. What is money?
  2. What is wealth? ...

Continued at the dreddit

#economics #questions #sustainability #growth #technology #bigquestions #equality #wealth #energy

dkkhorsheed@diasp.org

#Three #Graces #Roman #Marble #Stone #Sculpture #Group #Statue #Greek #Mythology #Aglaia #Beauty #Euphrosyne #Mirth #Thalia #Abundance #Fertility #Growth #Female #Nature #Art #Our #World

The Three Graces

Roman copy of a Greek work of the 2nd century B.C.

These young girls, linked in a dance-like pose, represent The Three Graces: Aglaia (Beauty), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Abundance). They bestow what is most pleasurable and beneficent in nature and society: fertility and growth, beauty in the arts, harmonious reciprocity between men. They enjoyed venerable cults in Greece and Asia Minor. In mythology, they play an attendant role, gracing festivals and organizing dances. Their closest connection is with Aphrodite, whom they serve as handmaidens.
This carefully calculated, frieze-like composition is typical of classicizing art of the second and first centuries B.C. Instantly recognizable, it soon became the canonic formula for representing the Graces, who appeared in every medium and on every kind of object, from mirrors to sarcophagi.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art