<I find one of the most charming mock-economic scales in the world to be Bhutan's GHP, the so-called Gross Happiness Product. >
Now THATS an idea! THATS worth persuing! And we have the perfect mind here on BBR to formulate the whole thing, Mq! I knew given the right fresh input he could use his thinking to benefit us all, and this is it!
After all, GDP, or 'economic growth'... WTF is that? That crap is worthless, it's simply an old paradigm from a different consciousness.... from the 'industrial age' consciousness... as Mq says himself. The comming age is one of harmony, light, happiness, beauty... blah blah blah.
Proof economic growth is a stupid concept:
* Chop down a wonderful tree in your back yard [kill it] removing it's beauty, harmony, blahh blah blah [known as blahh going forward for BeautyLightHarmonyHappiness]... by selling the tree for firewood GDP goes UP... but we know this is not as good a thing as GDP makes it appear... blahh actually goes down or at least advances less than GDP would. Economic growth conceptually promotes using up free resources in order to get 'money' and 'things' disregarding blahh.
* A person works an extra 20 hours making himself miserable to buy his son more toys which the boy already has too many of and the clutter is confusing and angers the boy so he breaks them. In this example being played out all over America GDP went UP!
* Millions of America are making themselves Obese, eating anxiously looking for blahh... looks GREAT on the level of GDP growth and misallocates resources to junk food production. Clearly an example of plummeting Blahh, but higher economic growth.
So we know that economic growth measures just don't cut it in the age of blahh... in fact their use promotes destroying the planet and ourselves. So Go MAURICE! Unleash the intellect, we need a whole new system! Drop that 'Q' idea, same old paradigm...we need a new level of [not] thinking...ie. a new level of consciousness!!! The old consciousness leads us to the same old unhappiness. To chase 'stuff' and currency [any one, who gives a rats ass if they're chasing Q, Gold, or AG's $US] rather than happiness... look at them chase GOLD tonight... lets start FRESH! I nominate Mq the Blahh advisor to the president, replacing the economic advisor Blahh replaces dismal. The best part is Mq can keep thinking now that he has a proper problem to solve... and we can raise our level of consciousness and the planets 'blahh' by NOT thinking and being happy. 'Don't worry, be happy'... worrying IS thinking after all.
GO GO GO BIG MO!
DAK |
