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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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Speaker

Joe Walston

Evidence 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 EarthSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:37:33 AM

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