Living in this society that worships unending growth, it is very hard not to internalize those goals on a personal level even if one understands that socially and ecologically they are unsustainable and dangerous. Human values and judgment are crucial.
Capitalism can create growth, but it can't answer the question of why it is growing.
to read PB Floyd's article published in: Slingshot #97, Summer 2008, click on
http://slingshot.tao.ca/displaybi.php?0097002
Original: Live Small-Economic growth expands into world mess