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From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 13:29:30 -0800
> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There are things for which averages are useful and others for which they are 
> not.

Economics comes to mind.

In 2010, upon encountering an auditorium containing 20,000 destitute, penniless 
people, who came to hear a talk by Bill Gates, an economist said, "Isn't the 
economy doing wonderful! On average, I see a room full of millionaires!"

Fast forward ten years. That same economist happens by a huge sports stadium, 
with 100,000 destitute, penniless people, there to hear a talk by Jeff Bezos.

"Isn't the economy doing great! There's FIVE TIMES as many millionaires as 
there were ten years ago!"

:::: Now, as we approach the closed limits of our planet's capacities to 
generate food and process our wastes, "sustainable growth" has to be 
re-examined for the oxymoron it is. -- Thom Hartmann 
<http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Thom+Hartmann> ::::
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op <http://www.ecoreality.org/> ::::

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