Industrial Demise #1
by Alec Drake
Title
Industrial Demise #1
Artist
Alec Drake
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Originals
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Inspired by the writings of Paul Gilding
What a privilege it is to be alive in these times, in such a significant period in human history. It's not always easy to see moments of great historical importance when you're in the middle of them. Sometimes they're dramatic, like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the landing on the moon. But more often the really big ones appear, from within them, to be unfolding in slow motion. Their actual drama and speed then only becomes clear in hindsight.
That's how it will be with this. But in the end we'll look back at this moment and say, yes, that's when it was clear, that's when the end game began. The end game of the industrial revolution.
Hang on, you're thinking. The industrial revolution? With its belching smokestacks, dirty industry and steam engines? You thought we left that behind long ago, right? You look at your smart phone, robots on Mars, the rise of Facebook and Google and think we're well past all that. Isn't this the age of knowledge, when we're all hyper-connected in a 24/7 information rich economy? Think again.
Hiding behind those entertaining devices, information overload and exciting new companies, the real bulk of the economy is still being driven by those dirty belching smokestacks and is still being shaped by those who inherited the economic momentum of 19th century England the coal, oil and gas industries.
Paul Gilding has spent 35 years trying to change the world, doing everything he can think of that might help. Despite the clear lack of progress on the issues he's focused on, the unstoppable and flexible optimist is now an author and advocate, writing his widely acclaimed book The Great Disruption which prompted Tom Freidman to write in the NYT Ignore Gilding at your peril. He now travels the world alerting people to the global economic and ecological crisis now unfolding around us, as the world economy reaches and passes the limits to growth.
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October 16th, 2013
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