The West’s disproportionate reaction to its last crisis necessitated its economic response to this one Nearly a month ago, Fritjof Capra of Tao Of Physics fame wrote a long article looking back from 2050.
It re-imagined a world in which humans lived in harmony with nature. They travelled less; they connected with their communities.
They ate what they grew organically in their neighbourhood. They respected the environment and they allowed the damage they had caused it to reverse.
It was a message of hope that Homo sapiens would learn to live in harmony with nature and other life forms, rather than living in perpetual conflict with them.