Vincent Le Biez is the author of
Plato a rendez-vous with Darwin
, published by Éditions Les Belles Lettres.
Since the publication of the MIT report for the Club of Rome "The Limits to Growth" in 1972, the process of economic development has gained popularity in Western societies.
The depletion of exhaustible natural resources, in particular hydrocarbons, the acceleration of global warming or the fear of a massive extinction of living species, seem to prove that the mode of development of our societies is not sustainable.
Obviously, the progress made in these areas is quite insufficient and it is perfectly legitimate to worry about the inertia of human organizations in order to respond effectively.
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Confidence in technical progress is declining, as perfectly illustrated by the work of the Citizen's Climate Convention, which was careful not to encourage new technological solutions that could provide
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