John Reed
John Reed is the author of Elegant Simplicity: Reflections on An Alternative Way of Being (2009); One Mistake After Another: The Chronicle of a Life and its Teachings (2015); and Time is Running Out: Reflections on the Modern World (2020). Born in Brazil, he now lives in France and the USA.
The inner dimension of climate adaptation
Capitalism in its earliest incarnation dates back to the end of Europe’s medieval period. ‘Growth’, such as it was, first manifested itself in the innovation and creativity of the Renaissance, while economic expansion in the commonly understood sense was to come later. The commercial revolution of the 16th century, the scientific breakthroughs of the 17th…