RAH - Why is modern life such a "rat race"? The answer leads in to the ROOT CAUSE of the "Sustainability Problem"

"Slow food" and "slow travel" are great ideas which fit into my dream of a "slow life", as opposed to the "rat race" of modern living.

I'm reminded of the new words I once put to a Simon and Garfunkel song:

Slow down, you move too fast
We gotta make resources last
Da Da and feeliiinnng groovy . . .

We need to ask ourselves, what DRIVES us to lead such hectic lives in the first place? Why is modern life such a "rat race"?

Looking for the answer leads in the direction of the ROOT CAUSE of the "Sustainability Problem": a socio-economic order deeply rooted (unsurprisingly in view of what Darwin is supposed to have taught us about human origins) in humankind's animal nature and behaviour.

Free-market capitalism works so well (in its way, especially for the north European Great White Ape) because it simulates the harsh natural environment, where human behaviour evolved to ensure success in the struggle for survival and advantage.

[Jeremy], you are another one who likes to see things in terms of THEM and US: the wicked "fascist Right" and the good, "progressive Left". It's a very primitive way of looking at the world, you know, as I've already elaborated on this morning on another thread: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/bradfordplumer/2007/02/global_warming_deniers.html
also posted at http://www.spaceship-earth.org/Letters/Editor/Them_and_us.html

To: Guardian CiF Re: Slow down, you move too fast, We gotta make resources last . . . Date: Thursday 8 February 07

In response to the Guardian article, "Let the train take the strain" by Jeremy Leggett. Link to article and thread at The Guardian. "Slow food" and "slow travel" are great ideas which fit into my dream of a "slow life", as opposed to the "rat race" of modern living. I'm reminded of the new words I once put to a Simon and Garfunkel song: Slow down, you move too fast We gotta make resources last Da Da and feeliiinnng groovy . . . We need to ask ourselves, what DRIVES us to lead such hectic lives in the first place? Why is modern life such a "rat race"? Looking for the answer leads in the direction of the ROOT CAUSE of the "Sustainability Problem": a socio-economic order deeply rooted (unsurprisingly in view of what Darwin is supposed to have taught us about human origins) in humankind's animal nature and behaviour. Free-market capitalism works so well (in its way, especially for the north European Great White Ape) because it simulates the harsh natural environment, where human behaviour evolved to ensure success in the struggle for survival and advantage. [Jeremy], you are another one who likes to see things in terms of THEM and US: the wicked "fascist Right" and the good, "progressive Left". It's a very primitive way of looking at the world, you know, as I've already elaborated on this morning on another thread: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/bradfordplumer/2007/02/global_warming_deniers.html also posted at http://www.spaceship-earth.org/Letters/Editor/Them_and_us.html