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Ward et al., PLoS One, vol.11 no.10 art.e0164733, October 2016.
Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible?
The argument that human society can decouple economic growth – defined as growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – from growth in environmental impacts is appealing. If such decoupling is possible, it means that GDP growth is a sustainable societal goal… The simple model is compared to historical data and modelled projections to demonstrate that growth in GDP ultimately cannot be decoupled from growth in material and energy use. It is therefore misleading to develop growth-oriented policy around the expectation that decoupling is possible. We also note that GDP is increasingly seen as a poor proxy for societal wellbeing.
Wenqi et al., PLoS One, vol.10 no.5 art.e0125721, 28th May 2015.
The Impact of Power on Humanity – Self-Dehumanization in Powerlessness
Power gives people the ability to control themselves and their environment, and this control is considered a fundamental human need. We investigated whether experiencing powerlessness induces the experience of self-dehumanization… In all of the experiments, human nature traits were most negatively affected by powerlessness in self-perception judgments, and uniquely human traits were most negatively affected by powerlessness in meta-perception judgments. Furthermore, the powerless believed they were viewed as less human not only by the powerful people but also the outside observers of the power dynamic. Self-dehumanization also appears to be a consequence of powerlessness rather than an incidental result of a change in mood or a negative self-view.
