From the “Opinion” section of the February, 1979 issue of High Times comes a think piece from then-California governor Jerry Brown. I am very struck by the limits that press in against us materially, economically, psychologically and politically—and those limits must be respected. I also think of the closing frontier, the closing of the west, and what that does to the psychology of people. You have to keep on going, you have to keep on pushing because that is the human impulse. The earth map is drenched in the blood of a thousand, a million conflicts over recorded history.
From the “Opinion” section of the February, 1979 issue of High Times comes a think piece from then-California governor Jerry Brown. In honor of Brown’s 83rd birthday on April 7, we’re republishing it below.
Several years ago, some academics wrote a book about the limits to growth, trying to calculate what was possible given geometric expansion in the various economies of the world. And while some of their assumptions have been discredited, the basic question still remains. On this earth, as we deplete our air and water resources, stresses are imposed on our society, on...
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