Saturday, 6 July 2019

Helena Norberg-Hodge on Economics and Human Knowledge

At 14 minutes 9 seconds, Helena Norberg-Hodge puts her finger right on the problem, which I have never heard anyone else identify so clearly. It is the over-specialization of modern knowledge, which no one person can grasp enough of in more than a few limited areas, which leaves us unable to explore different possible avenues of technological development, because the only part of the whole intellectual landscape we know well enough are our personal limited spheres of expertise. But it is only the fragmentation of society and business that keeps individuals in these separate spheres from communicating with one another. So this is not an inherent problem of technological development. See What is Socialist Economic Development? and also In Ethiopia's South Omo It Hasn't Rained for Five Years, and also America is Falling in Love ...


At 22 minutes 41 seconds. Norberg-Hodge describes what she thinks is an organic movement (25 mins 4 secs) towards "corporate fascism". I don't think it is organic. It has been deliberately and consciously pursued for many decades. See Jason Bermas on Bilderberg. There has been a lot of thought recently into what could replace this corporate fascism. See Blueprint For Progressive Democrats.

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