What is progress? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has been asking this question for some time and the current crisis makes it imperative to find an answer. According to the Anglo-Saxon Enlightenment, progress means the reduction of misery and the increase of happiness. It does not mean wealth creation or innovation, which are sometimes useful instruments but never the final goal. So we should stop the worship of money and create a more humane society where the quality of human experience is the criterion. Provided we pay ourselves in line with our productivity, we can choose whatever lifestyle is best for our quality of life.
什麼是進步？一段時間以來，經濟合作與發展組織(OECD)一直在追問這個問題，而當前危機要求我們必須找到這個問題的答案。按照盎格魯撒克遜文明的教化，進步意味著苦難減少、幸福增加。進步並不意味著財富創造或革新，它們有時是管用的手段，但絕非最終目標。因此，我們必須停止對金錢的頂禮膜拜，成立一個更人道的社會——在這個社會中，人類體驗的質量纔是評判標準。倘若我們的所得與我們的生產力相符，我們就能夠選擇任何一種最有利於提高我們生活質量的生活方式。