I knew it when I first read the paper. It's the logical end point.
The paper, further, is written in impenetrable language, using loads of obscure terminology, and opaque phrases. The entire paper was one big invite for people to not read it.
The Total Human Ecosystem: Integrating Ecology and Economics. Zev Naveh [2000].
Longer subs tag breaking this down when I get some time - but this is actually important, consequently posting very short version here.
What it seeks to do - in intentionally complex, confusing terminology, and impenetrable jargon - in the name of environmentalism take every field of science (especially 'soft'), and integrate these under a hierarchical, 'holistic' umbrella, replace the existing land-use model (elimination of property rights), eliminate fossil fuel and nuclear power, switch from objective truth to 'contextual reality' (arbitrary rule) - all facilitated through means of Cybernetics and General Systems Theory (even Laszlo is thrown in):
'At the global scale, this integration can be realized only as part of an all-embracing environmental revolution. Such a revolution, as envisaged by Laszlo (1994), will guide the bifurcation of cultural evolution on its leap toward a higher organizational level of the emerging sustainable information society'.
The 'higher organisational model' means that power will be concentrated at the top, post-Marxist revolution.
'An important step to achieve these goals in regional sustainable development will be the replacement of the ruling neoclassical market economy incentives for quantitative growth with a more far-reaching and just socioecological approach that is based on the Total Human Ecosystem paradigm.'
Yes, Marxist. The aim is to eliminate the capitalist free market economy model.
From here, you can then work your way towards 'Urban Ecology' which appears a contemporary hot topic, or move in the direction of the Odum brothers, who regularly are referenced, and who also snap easily to General Systems Theory.
Is this the 'end boss'?
'It could eventually lead to the full integration of these disciplines in a major post-industrial transdisciplinary Total Human Ecosystem science.'
Could be. It seeks to fully integrate 'these disciplines', and those cover... essentially everything. It's 'holistic', 'hierarchical', 'trans-disciplinary', seeks to eliminate property rights, ... wait, let me quote the article itself -
'These systems include living systems, ecological systems, social systems, and solar energypowered biosphere landscapes.'
Unsure what's missing. Well, apart from Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/art ... 357/270767
... and I can absolutely guarantee that there are a number of big follower accounts who will not touch the topic with a barge pole.
All of this also explains what Epstein was up to, incidentally. More on that soon.
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