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Are you at all concerned that more conservative/right wing views are not going to participate, or that the environment will become too homogeneous in terms of beliefs? What steps have you taken to combat this?

Hi Sandra, thanks for hosting on AMA on such an interesting topic. I was wondering if you personally believe that capitalism can exist without creating a throw-away culture? I previously phrased this as: do you believe capitalism and sustainability can go hand in hand?

Thanks for your thoughtful answer! I’ll have to pick up your book as this topic fascinates me. Personally I want to believe we can regulate and tinker with our system enough that it could become sustainable. Tapping into the individual connection people have with the important objects in their lives seems like a good place to start. Where I start to feel despair is thinking about how deliberate of a choice it has to be to slow down and take stock of what’s important, even just for an individual— it seems, for all intents and purposes, nearly impossible for a corporation to do the same!

Do you believe capitalism and sustainability can go hand in hand?