Tim Jackson: An economic reality check

This message by Tim shows the need to make accommodations for all
stakeholders and beneficiaries in an ever changing world. We should
participate, not just look amused from our office windows. Thank you, Tim.

“We, people, being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on things we
don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care
about.” If you have half an hour during the weekend, enjoy Tim Jackson’s
economic reality check.

Brilliant talk and nice to see something like this on Ted and have so many
people cheer 🙂 Thanks Tim

would be nice if you would at least quote Tyler Durden, asshole

Is it profound arrogance or supreme ignorance which leads man to believe
the environment can be controlled? The environment was changing long
before man and it will be changing after man has become extinct. In fact,
the only constant that pertains to the environment is that it is constantly
changing.

err, this whole talk made absolutely no sense to me, especially “too busy
keeping out the giraffes”. I mean, wtf was with that reference???

CRASH THE SYSTEM. this tepid swill won’t save the environment OR the
economy. this is contrary to the natural flow of capitalism. no amount of
grass roots movement will make this take root. land based existence is the
only sustainability. is the planet getting larger each year? i suspect 9
billion people living like westerners would be us all already DEAD. youtube
‘DERRICK JENSEN’. they probably won’t ask him to talk at TED.

@aklondikebar Only partly. I mean, I think most people get that there is an
imperative need to handle our resources responsibly. I just don’t buy
humanity as The Great Evil Cause of All Things Wrong in the World Today. I
think there has to be a balance between having a thriving economy and and a
thriving planet. I fail to see why I should have to live like a
cave-dweller and erase my “footprint”. Why do I have to make it seem like I
never existed? That’s too extreme a perspective.

Hello. Nice to have found your channel.

sighted thinking, etc., has occurred ad hoc on a daily basis for hundreds
(arguably thousands) of years and the system is the result. The system
exists in the form that it’s in because of the reality of (predictable)
human behavior, not despite it. In other words, to accomplish what he’s
asking (it seems to me), doesn’t mean changing intellectual theories or
financial approaches, it means attempting to radically re-condition how
humans think. His appeals to our “better nature” is an

is he taking into consideration that 9 billion people breath more air and
breath out co2 than 7 billion people so even if we changed how we do things
there won’t be enough we put too much faith in science and almost no faith
in God anymore , SAD

words, we’re all good for the most part, but we’re good in different ways.
How we’ll be good isn’t predictable. And an economy must, above all things,
be perfectly predictable. If the Economy is going to fluctuate (which it
always will), it must at least do so logically. There’s no logical, no
“optimum”, form of altruism. For one person, an investment of 1% of profits
in the public wheal is sane and logical gift; for another, nothing short of
100% is. If the benefits of an investment are

subjective, the incentives to invest aren’t rational. Which is fine on an
individual basis, but it’s a fantasy (and a fallacy) to believe an economy
can be planned that way.

NATO destroyed Libya, and could destroy the world you are right. Bruce
Gagnon has some good talks on nuclear weapons, check him out.

I understand your point in terms of price mechanisms. But please consider
fossil fuel subsidies designed to mitigate price rises , huge mechanical
reliance on FFuels etc. You overestimate the abilities of technological
efficiencies as a means to achieve reductions of ecological impacts.
Consider and research: Technological rebound& Relative vs absolute
decoupling In order to achieve carbon reductions in a growth economy we
require unprecedented levels of efficiency reductions never seen before

sounds like a fairly desperate bid for libertarians to finally get around
to the ecological question… and failing.

@Provakator lol @ you calling the ideas naive. Tim may indeed get bragging
rights for this, but the ideas portrayed are not his alone, nor did he
claim they were. he gave some credit where it was due at least. Perhaps you
should give yourself a bit more credit to be an adaptable human being and
not berate your own innate abilities prior to testing them.Saying something
wont work proves nothing more than your own shortsightedness. Lets prove it
doesnt work.

“firms” and “households”. Verdinglichung.

WWIII = science versus capitalism

I see your point but I woudl argue that it is possible that the people that run Ecosia only have that one job, (running a website can take a lot more time than you might think) so they need to keep 20% so they can eat, send their children to school etc, better they keep that 20% and we have the option to use a greener search engine. But of course I may be completely wrong and they may be spending all of the money on ipods and spinning rims

yea smart people tend to have liberal views the word stemming from liberty meaning freedom.

@ShadowfaxSTP I totally agree with you. We can’t go on producing junk, polluting nature or use war to overcome our differences. We definitely need a new system – a system based on quality goods which will last. For that we need a new economic system which does not rely on endless growth to function. For that we need a new way of thinking…

The Earth’s resources are not running out. Although this seems strange, when humans are faced with scarcity, price signals direct them towards alternatives in a way that is economically efficient. The USA had a bit of an energy crisis looming, but then they discovered Shale gas, and now have enough reserves to keep them going for hundreds of years. Yes, global warming is a serious problem, but it does not mean that we stop trying to achieve economic growth and improvements in living standards.

@funnyguise WHATs so hard in realizing the fact that there is not a single respected scientific body on this planet that would agree with that “sceptical” doubts? Your messiahs are lobbyists and “rightwing”fatass thinktanks, rush limbaughs, monckton, fox noise all created by fossil fuel scumbags. WHATs so hard to see through that? Finally a real, sneaky, DANGEROUS, important(!) +obvious CONSPIRACY. But you “truthers” look up in the sky because a misterious voice whispers about flying unicorns.

… “people, being persuaded to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create impressions that won’t last on people we don’t care about.” – Tim Jackson

“As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.”

Great TED talk very inspiring!

*Change Is Absolutely Necessary*

Tim Jackson will give you a view on the problem; I’ll add others over the coming weeks. Each of us can do something to help – but if we continue doing so little and consuming so much it’s going to turn out very badly.

Kinda agree:-)

Thought provoking

Great talk!

I really enjoyed this. Check it out if you get a free 30 mins.

Tim Jackson: An economic reality check

“We, people, being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” If you have half an hour during the weekend, enjoy Tim Jackson’s economic reality check.

hi peytons class

He talks great, he talks about economics and what our future will hold.
Must watch, please get a better understanding of our environment!

Common future! Had no beast on the way, what a beauty it’d be.