Investing In Revolution

Investing In Revolution

Only now do we see that we’ve been investing in revolution for decades —not the revolutions we thought we were investing in, revolutions in technology and finance, but in the social revolution made inevitable by the extremes that we’ve reached in our single-minded pursuit of private gains. The pendulum that we’ve pushed to an extreme will swing to the opposite extreme, and the artifices that have propped up a facade a stability for decades will accelerate the disorder rather than reverse it. This book has an entirely practical aim: to inspire the adoption of a new set of values that establishes goals and incentives to do more with less so we use fewer resources to sustain a high quality of life that’s accessible to all who embrace these values and contribute to a fairer, more sustainable way of living. To those who declare this impossible, I would note that if there is one trait that stands out in human history, it’s our ability to adapt when the alternatives leave us no other choice. We now stand at that point of decision, and this book offers a path to a reformation and renewal that serves the shared interests of us all, not just the few.