Comments on: The Mathematics that Contemporary Economics Ignores

By: Jay Ellen

Jay Ellen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:17:33 +0000

Absolutely brilliant! Finally someone with clout and saying what I have been saying for years. I kept saying to people – take an orange and start sticking cloves into it. What happens when there is no more space… Yep pretty simple math. I’ve been called crazy and the best comment “don’t worry about it…it will sort itself out” Yes it will and what will that be…?

No one species should dominate the planet. To me it is like a large jigsaw puzzle and every piece has it role to play – understood or not! As soon as it is out of balance – problems arrise not neccessarily to be solved – but to alert us to the imbalance! Thank you for having these videos available

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:36:07 +0000

Yay! I was introduced to Dr. Bartlett’s video by my permaculture teacher. I use parts 1 and 5 in a presentation for university freshmen on sustainability. I think I need to add some more unpacking after showing the videos – It’s pretty mindblowing and I can’t really tell if the students get it or not.

My only beef is that I would love a version with updated statistics. I’m currently working on replacing the video with slides of my own when I present.

By: Carolyn Payne

Carolyn Payne — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:26:21 +0000

This is brilliant Craig, thanks for putting it here. I came across this youtube six months ago and I have been using the milk bottle story to really hit home for people about the seriousness of the growth culture we are trapped in. One interesting conversation I had was with a 17 year old science student, I asked him what he thought would happen at 12 o’clock when the bacteria run out of room, he said “they will simultaneously kill each other and starve to death”. That milk bottle sounds like somewhere we know, doesnt it?

By: Matt Luthi

Matt Luthi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:33:33 +0000

Thanks for this post Craig. This should be a “must-watch” for everyone.