the space time economy…  English language e-book version of the Dutch paperback book.  

What drives us to consume as much as we can? Is it a new physical law? Max Power maybe? Leading to max Mass, max Money, Max stuff etc?

In any case we seem to be stuck with it: everything has become a product, only suiting an individual temporarily, not adding anything to the system, the community, for lasting growth. Well, with all the disadvantages that come with it, depletion, pollution, loss of biodiversity, climate change.

But what is possible, without overloading the system? Contrary to what is often claimed, everything appears to be renewable, part of a cycle, even if it can last millions of years. Is there a measure for this, can we express everything in 1 absolute unit, and see how much is available to each of us per unit of time, for food, material energy and water. Without fossil fuels its all dependent on one source that does not deplete, providing a constant flow of energy: the sun. And the way we use land to capture solar energy in all kinds of forms.

Land, over time, appears to determine the budget to live on without loss of quality of the system. Or a space-time relationship.
But how? That is the big question. There are a few things in the way, including private land ownership. If it is all owned, newcomers have no place to live. And no budget to live from