I'd add resistance as a basic value. Resistence to crap. The capitalist demand for growth is based on expanding the amount of crap on Earth. Creating it and selling it. It has to stop. You can't be me, I'm taken
As far as damning them - hmmm. What an odd choice of words. I don't think that anyone here is doing that. paul spencer
A little tagline I often use about Finland is a quote from a Nokia exec, a few years ago - 'All we have in Finland is trees and brains'.
He's right, and both can be grown sustainably. Brains are the best resource we have - that the planet has. That is why education should be a priority investment, and teaching at all levels should be one of the most respected occupations in any society. But it is not.
Maybe that is one good explanation for why I like ET so much - we are teaching ourselves. You can't be me, I'm taken