{"id":19028,"date":"2026-07-20T16:53:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=19028"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:53:19","slug":"our-planet-expressed-as-a-goldfish-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/our-planet-expressed-as-a-goldfish-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"OUR PLANET EXPRESSED AS A GOLDFISH BOWL"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19028\" class=\"elementor elementor-19028\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I drew this cartoon to point out the flawed logic almost universally expressed by politicians, economists and indeed the public in general that in order to have a healthy society the economy has to be continually expanding. It seems to be that this notion of exponential growth ignores the fact that the planet and its resources are finite. 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