Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-23-2018
Journal / Book Title
Sustainability
Abstract
In this paper, we explore the notion of simplicity. We use definitions of simplicity proposed by philosophers, scientists, and economists. In an age when the rapidly growing human population faces an equally rapidly declining energy/material resources, there is an urgent need to consider various notions of simplicity, collective and individual, which we believe to be a sensible path to restore our planet to a reasonable state of health. Following the logic of mathematicians and physicists, we suggest that simplicity can be related to sustainability. Our efforts must therefore not be spent so much in pursuit of growth but in achieving a sustainable life.
DOI
10.3390/su10041303
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Massoudi, Mehrdad and Vaidya, Ashuwin, "Simplicity and Sustainability: Pointers from Ethics and Science" (2018). Department of Mathematics Facuty Scholarship and Creative Works. 158.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/mathsci-facpubs/158
Published Citation
Massoudi, M., & Vaidya, A. (2018). Simplicity and Sustainability: Poin
Comments
his article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).