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Every Society Converts Natural to Economic Capital
There is no society that has driven itself out of poverty without converting natural capital to economic capital, so there is an unavoidable toll on nature in development, though the impact can be ameliorated, sped up, or lessened.
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Joe WalstonEvidence Quote
“there is a toll to be paid. When China went through... There was no obvious way to do that in the speed they'd done it without having a toll on nature”
Source
22 | Joe Walston on Conservation, Urbanization, and the Way We Live on Earth— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 3:37:33 AM
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