Bathtubs
We could all do with taking a Bathtubs 101 refresher course. I know you know how bathtubs work. But weirdly, when they take the form of organisations, cities or global societies, we seem to forget (or ignore) the obvious. Whether it’s resources, money, populations, jobs, pollution, or products, we focus on the current condition (the water in the bathtub), which changes slowly (hence, no need for panic), rather than what’s changing (the water flowing in and out), which is slower, but determines the future. According to bathtub-thinking, we must decrease non-renewable and increase renewable resource use. Too obvious, right?
— Wayne Visser
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