Dave Gardner

Got the Urge to ‘Shop, Baby, Shop?’ Stay Home and Watch GrowthBusters on Black Friday

This year on Black Friday, we’re offering the world an alternative to mayhem at the mall.

November 28, 2013

Who will get this economy going? No one

"We’ve got to get this economy going again!" Unless your cave lacks wifi, cable or satellite, you’ve heard this once or twice in the last four seconds.

November 5, 2012

The Titanic Code

Part of the Titanic parable is of arrogance, of hubris, of the sense that we’re too big to fail. There was this big machine, this human system, that was pushing forward with so much momentum that it couldn’t turn, it couldn’t stop in time to avert a disaster. And that’s what we have right now. We can’t turn because of the momentum of the system, the political momentum, the business momentum. – James Cameron

April 19, 2012

Growthbusters film premieres 2 November

Could this film play an important role in turning our culture in a new, positive direction? I’m driven to try.

November 2, 2011

Good news: Economic recovery stalls!

While many impacts of the recession are tragic, these are the pains of adjusting to a new reality: the end of growth. They are a necessary part of a temporary phase. We might call it the cocoon phase, as we metamorphose into something more beautiful.

August 4, 2011

Might as well face it, we’re addicted to growth

The success of modern nations in our quest for unending economic growth is largely responsible for the ecological crises we face. We’ve taken a detour off the path to true happiness and fulfillment; why encourage others to follow?

January 27, 2011

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