For instance, governments still have no way of including environmental issues in their system of national accounts. Additionally, there are mixed signals from the voters. Green political parties receive some support but few such parties ever achieve power. Anyone wishing to have a quiet life made a mistake being born in the twentieth century. The world is undergoing the biggest change since the Industrial Revolution began over two centuries ago, and the pace of change is increasing, not slowing down.
People feel overwhelmed by change.
There is a tendency for people to cocoon themselves in a culture of contentment. They often do not want to hear about the world's problems. Even when they acknowledge that changes in their lifestyle and patterns of consumption are required, they are unwilling to accept the challenge of those changes. This makes the task of encourage people to take action to build a saner and more sustainable world all the more important and yet all the more difficult. To sum up, the warning from The Club of Rome remains valid.