According to the free dictionary the word economisation means: To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures. Now I bet you would be scoffing at that if you know how anti-economic we are being in contemporary society.
Most of what is debated in constructive parts of society is economy. People spend hours, days, weeks, months and even years of their lives to try and grasp the concept of maximising output at minimal expenditure. But with all these collectively abundant thought processes going on, it is still a broadly held view that the first part of the idea is the most important one. To maximise output. The second part; to do so at minimal expenditure, must take a back seat if there is a conflict.
So the point of this short post was really just to point out an ironic but common misconception.
You may have heard of The Story of Stuff Project. It is indeed a nicely simplified introduction as to how anti-economic this global economy really is. If you have not yet seen any of their work, you should check out this brief walk-through of consumption.
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