When I was at University in the 1970s, one of my Professors shared a paper he'd authored about economic structures for developing communities, called "Success in Smallness." The gist of the paper was the unsustainability of big-reward "fast growth" models versus the longer-term viability of incremental growth via small-reward economic structures.
Part One: The Sensation Brain
The memory of that paper came swimming up from long-term storage because in recent days the same conversation has replayed, in various versions, involving my own pain, and that of others. Here's a capsule version:
"I'm in a void. Could/should be doing something important. Feeling negative, stagnant. Reaching for meaning, experience, fulfillment, satisfaction."
"I'm in a void. Could/should be doing something important. Feeling negative, stagnant. Reaching for meaning, experience, fulfillment, satisfaction."