On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 03:43:36PM +0100, Giancarlo Livraghi wrote: > But it isn't happening even remotely as much as it could. The monstrous > growth of gigantic cities in many parts of the world (especially those > with severe poverty) remains a tragically strong trend.
We do not yet have a technology for a truly nomadic existance that is both comfortable and sustainable. If we ever develop such technology then the era of planet-dwellers will be shortly over. > It's sad - and dangerous. Also rather stupid. Nothing wrong with letting the photons do the traveling. You could probably achieve sustainability with a sedentary population in a suburbia-like density, which could look quite arcadian with a bit of work. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
