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RE: Photography: Chris Jordan’s Portraits of American Mass Consumption
Everything we consume becomes waste eventually. Historically all we consumed was 100%biodegradable. The industrial age changed that. Now we drink water out of a plastic bottle that will possibly exist for 500 years. And we throw that bottle away shortly after consuming it's contents. I use the plastic bottle as an example of both use of a valuable ressource and a in my opinion design flaw of how it is used. Biodegradable plastics do exist and hopefully will continue to take marketshare.
I totally agree with you, My hope is that the industrial revolution which started by England since the discovery of Coal and followed by the U.S since the discovery of Oil needs to be replaced with a more horizontal revolution based on the blockchain, solar energy, and resource sharing. This new economic movement has already started in some European countries, that now have schools and Universities make students sit in a group and share their knowledge and skills even in exams which were once called cheating when I went to school. I just hope more and more people can open their eyes and join this industrial revolution.