Consuming dystopic places: What answers are we looking for?

Are we consuming too much--for what?

HERMAN E. DALY,∗ BRIAN CZECH,† DAVID L. TRAUGER,‡ WILLIAM E. REES,§ MANSI GROVER, TRACY DOBSON,†† AND STEPHEN C. TROMBULAK‡‡ ∗School of Public Affairs, Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1821, U.S.A., email [email protected] †Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, National Capital Region, Alexandria Center, ...

Comparing Theories: What are We Looking For?

Two recent papers, (Harless and Camerer, 1994) and (Hey and Orme, 1994) were both addressed to the same question: which is the 'best' theory of decision making under risk? The two papers shared a common concern: the appropriate trade-o between the descriptive accuracy of a theory and the predictive parsimony of that theory. In other respects, however, the two papers di ered markedly: rst in the...

Looking for answers in all the wrong places.

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: what do we know and what are we looking for?

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disease characterised by proliferation of abnormal smooth muscle-like cells (LAM cells) leading to progressive cystic destruction of the lung, lymphatic abnormalities and abdominal tumours. It affects predominantly females and can occur sporadically or in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. This review describes the recent progress in our understan...

Are We Consuming Too Much

I s humanity’s use of Earth’s resources endangering the economic possibilities open to our descendants? There is wide disagreement on the question. Many people worry about the growth in our use of natural resources over the past century. Some of this increase reflects the higher resource demands from a growing world population. But it also reflects the growth of per capita output and consumptio...