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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 19. August 6 1979

[Introduction]

Recently, Lloyd Geering, Professor of Religious Studies at Victoria University spoke on his vision of the future as part of a series of forums organised by the Student Christian movement.

According to Geering the problem lies with the attitude: "The sky's the limit." Since the Industrial Revolution the emphasis has been on expansion - bigger, better, more sophisticated, but the crunch has come. With all the expertise and expansion we've suddenly come upon limits (to ......). The first blow was Hiroshima - the limits of human life. Man landing on the moon and heart transplants raised questions of monetary limits. Ever present are population limits - starvation. We cannot ignore the present energy limits which we are now having to come to terms with.

Where to now? What of the future? We can't turn back. Communes and the "simple life" aren't viable alternatives for the masses. Geering then outlined his solution.