I don't think we can stop ourselves learning about ourselves and our world. So I think we are likely to end up producing very helpful and very harmful ways of working in the world.
I worry that it is like giving a gun to child. I doubt we have the self-control or the self-awareness to be able to use the extra power to be helpful to ourselves.
I am also aware that New Zealand has made its living by doing farming in a very functional and technologically targeted way. It would be a natural extension of our success pattern to continue. If we are going to change, we will need to make a huge investment in a new approach.
Which isn't to say that this wouldn't be the best long term solution - just that the investment required would be much larger than I usually assume.
We do have a very unusual ability to keep ourselves pristine - which is not an option to countries who share land borders with others.
Posted by carla at October 18, 2003 09:17 AM