>>24742
>There is an "easy" solution, and that is the destruction of the industrial society and the profit system.

Not an easy solution, if you being serious. It also can be seen as catastrophic event for human society. Human nature is about getting much without spending much (i.e. concept of adequate laziness and survival), and smart people will invent that type of society in future anyway, even if you destroy current one. Or you can remove everyone capable of invention, but this solution looks pretty, hmm, hardcore.

Do you think that it's can be done it other way?

Human society actually goes into lowering real consumerism, can't easily say if this intentional or not - more and more "goods" move into virtual space, and demand of real things grow much less than before. For example, 200-300 years ago most of people desired own land, especially land for farms, Now average person is ok with small flat, some electronic devices and computer games (and large amount of "money", but it is virtual anyway), and having own plot for growing potatoes is rare desire of small part of society. Maybe this is the self-regulating way of slowing down exponential consumption. Although from ethical point of view that society looks pretty bad.

Overall it is all about your optimism, you may see modern life as way to future progressive democratic* electronic utopia or to dystopian cyberpunkish collapse (both things are same I think). I personally care less and less because 1) I can't change anything 2) planning too far is pointless in fast-changing world 3) I'll die someday.