Hi folks,

This is a new profile, but I've enjoyed reading and posting here for some years. I am with the basic premise of this sub, that techno futurism may not be the way out of whatever hole it is that we are in. Looking around me at the current time, the tech seems to be digging us even deeper into the rut.

However, I'm not sure that we need to resign ourselves to a world of perpetual darkness. The doom and the scroll become a little tiresome after a while. I feel there are alternatives. I'm pretty certain that they won't be technology led, and I think politics is a bit of a busted flush in terms of breaking the cycle. Personally, I see the answer in radical philosophies: new ontologies (and perhaps even epistemologies) which might utterly transform the way we do things and think - or not think - about ourselves.

I'm also a new (UK) indie publisher prepared to put my money where my mind is and have recently published a volume on these topics - the rear cover says "When the current order finally breaks down, here's a possible blueprint for a brave new world". There are other writers whose work is centred on similar themes that we wish to also publish.

Fancy knocking some ideas around on these topics? Well, I've just created a new sub, a companion to this one I think - r/BrightFuturology . Obviously some members would be nice. Come join us if you think it might be a nice place to hang. Remember though, it's for the positive, this is the best place for the critique!

As global population increased, so did the extraction of finite resources.

Several hundred billionaires were created by exploiting these resources and billions of workers.

Those finite resources would enable global growth only up to a certain point.

From that point onwards, there would be a gradual decline of available resources and therefore economic activity.

That means global population would have to be calibrated downwards accordingly.

Starting with the populations in economies which consume the most resources.

Managing the housing supply would be the principal means of restricting birth rates.

People would need grand justifications to accept losses of freedom, choice and prosperity.

Gradual, prolonged economic decline could include a range of selling points.

A shortening work week. Cleaner air. Improved health. And the planet would be saved.

I might be able to offer some teasers in response to questions. I have met with the project leader. He is Simon Michaux and he has plenty of videos from the last few months which outline it pretty well.