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Originally posted by s_wilwerding
The only problem I had with the video is that they claimed that we had to use up "natural resources" in order to create the value that keeps the system running.

I interpreted it as meaning that the expansion of the current financial systems during the industrial revolution depended on heavy use of natural resources.

Originally posted by s_wilwerding
I am a "knowledge worker" - I don't use "natural resources" - other than maybe the food I eat - to create value, and more and more, knowledge workers are a bigger part of our economy.

I think it is flawed to think that we can't keep creating value without exhausting natural resources.

I agree, but the throwaway nature of the consumer economy does deplete natural resources. Even if our wealth is acquired without using natural resources, the way we spend it has a huge impact.