Sketch for a humanistic manifesto

Abstract

We live in extraordinary times. What has long been apparent to many is now becoming obvious to all. The era of fast economic growth and assured material progress has ended. Even if a clean, practically limitless energy source such as nuclear fusion were developed — not a likely prospect over the next several decades — the ecosystem would be unable to bear the consequences of unbridled growth. Open space and non‐renewable natural resources are running out. The rate of increase in technological efficacy, with the significant exception of information technology, has already slowed down. With these changes, with this turn in our growth curve, all else in our society must also change: how we behave, what we value and how we solve our problems.

Citation

Leonar, G. (1981), "Sketch for a humanistic manifesto", Planning Review, Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 22-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053937