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Production serving false consumption needs

Nature

Technology has enabled humans be freed from the constraints of working primarily to survive in an environment of scarcity. It is possible to sustain life abundantly for all of the world's people. Out of this shift has emerged a new concept of work motivated by material reward than survival needs. This new incentive structure turned systems of production to promoting consumption for its own sake. Systems of allocating consumption have been restructured to reenforce systems for meeting this falsely created demand for goods and services. The whole economy is increasingly oriented to meet the needs of increasing consumption and to ignore any other human needs.

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Unproductivity
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Underproduction
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Selfishness
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Overproduction
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Overconsumption
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Fallacy
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Consumption
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Amenities » Living conditions » Living conditions
  • Amenities » Consumption
  • Industry » Production
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024