Strypey on Nostr: npub1jayku…ssyhe > I just wonder about trying to repurpose “growth” as a word ...
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> I just wonder about trying to repurpose “growth” as a word and a concept
Let's not forget that growth is, at times, exactly what we want. After we plant seeds for example. The problem is not growth itself, it's the reification of growth into an economic abstraction. "Growth" as a god-like entity that any other value, including human wellbeing, can be sacrificed to. A classic inversion of the subject/ object relationship. Kate's use of "growth" brings it back to organic reality.
> I just wonder about trying to repurpose “growth” as a word and a concept
Let's not forget that growth is, at times, exactly what we want. After we plant seeds for example. The problem is not growth itself, it's the reification of growth into an economic abstraction. "Growth" as a god-like entity that any other value, including human wellbeing, can be sacrificed to. A classic inversion of the subject/ object relationship. Kate's use of "growth" brings it back to organic reality.