The Thirty Theses » The Anthropik Network

The Thirty Theses » The Anthropik Network:

"The Thirty Theses

1. Diversity is the primary good.
2. Evolution is the result of diversity.
3. Humans are products of evolution.
4. Human population is a function of food supply.
5. Humans are neither good nor evil.
6. Humans are still Pleistocene animals.
7. Humans are best adapted to band life.
8. Human societies are defined by their food.
9. Agriculture is difficult, dangerous and unhealthy.
10. Emergent elites led the Agricultural Revolution.
11. Hierarchy is an unnecessary evil.
12. Civilization must always grow.
13. Civilization always pursues complexity.
14. Complexity is subject to diminishing returns.
15. We have passed the point of diminishing returns.
16. Technology cannot stop collapse.
17. Environmental problems may lead to collapse.
18. Peak Oil may lead to collapse.
19. Marginal returns ensures collapse.
20. Collapse is an economizing process.
21. Civilization makes us sick.
22. Civilization has no monopoly on art.
23. Civilization has no monopoly on knowledge.
24. Civilization has no monopoly on medicine.
25. Civilization reduces quality of life.
26. Collapse is inevitable.
27. Collapse increases quality of life.
28. Humanity will almost certainly survive.
29. It will be impossible to rebuild civilization.
30. The future will be what we make of it."