Let’s Make a Sustainably Better Future
The Simple Reason Utopian Societies Always Fail
People are the common element and people are flawed.
If we all want similar things, and even work towards similar goals, what explains the failure of every experiment in creating “perfect” societies?
In this series, I explore the current best hope of the ESG movement, stakeholder capitalism. Its advocates want stakeholder capitalism to replace shareholder capitalism as the driving factor behind corporate actions.
But are we pinning our hopes on a doomed strategy? Doomed why? Read on to find out. This is the first of the Stakeholder Capitalism series, Part 1.
What future do we want?
What kind of future do we want? Do we want a sustainable future, where we promote inclusion and diversity, respect individuality and privacy, and meet our energy needs from renewable sources?
Do we trust individuals to arrive at this future by themselves, or will some form of government oversight be required?
Philosophers, economists, and politicians have all been trying to figure out how to set up societies to create the greatest good for the greatest number of their people.
