Science and the Future: Introduction
Abstract
The contradiction between physical and economical sciences concerning the growth of the production/consumption mechanism is analyzed. It is then shown that if one wishes to keep the security level stable or to enhance it in a growing economy the cost of security grows faster than the gross wealth. The result is a typical evolution in which the net wealth increases up to a maximum, then abruptly collapses. Besides this, any system of relations based on a growing volume of exchanges is bound to go progressively out of control. The voluntary blindness of the ruling classes toward these facts is leading our societies to a disaster. This fate is not inescapable provided we learn to dismantle the myth of perpetual growth.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.0161,
title = {Science and the Future: Introduction},
author = {Angelo Tartaglia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0161},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
21 pages, 7 figures, Introductory talk to the conference Science and the Future held at the Politecnico, Turin, Italy from 28 to 31 October 2013