So well worth the watch. I might quibble with tiny bits, like that 100% of our food must soon come from within XX km--that wasn't true 400 years ago so why would it be true now? Europeans drank coffee that came on ships with sails. There is already at one sailing ship delivering coffee. But overall, lots of good thoughts, too much to summarize--my prime takeaway is pretty upbeat, Michaux saying that the number of people and even governments talking about these things is rising fast, which is my impression as well. However, I suspect these ideas may be suppressed in some places because the Arcadians' prescription, for a lower level of consumption in a more cooperative and equal world, will not suit some powerful people who will prefer the alternative--a world where current arrangements and lifestyle continue for a small segment of society while the rest are abandoned or enslaved--I think one reason for US wars is to leave destroyed countries where entities going in to take resources will find no effective resistance.
So well worth the watch. I might quibble with tiny bits, like that 100% of our food must soon come from within XX km--that wasn't true 400 years ago so why would it be true now? Europeans drank coffee that came on ships with sails. There is already at one sailing ship delivering coffee. But overall, lots of good thoughts, too much to summarize--my prime takeaway is pretty upbeat, Michaux saying that the number of people and even governments talking about these things is rising fast, which is my impression as well. However, I suspect these ideas may be suppressed in some places because the Arcadians' prescription, for a lower level of consumption in a more cooperative and equal world, will not suit some powerful people who will prefer the alternative--a world where current arrangements and lifestyle continue for a small segment of society while the rest are abandoned or enslaved--I think one reason for US wars is to leave destroyed countries where entities going in to take resources will find no effective resistance.