在文明不斷地向前推進的軌跡中,我們將辛勤勞動視為美德、將數字成長視為生存的目標。人類的社會和所謂的「大自然」已然成為兩個世界。科技越來越進步,人類的生活與其他動物的生存就離得越來越遠,變成了不同的議題。剝削自然,將我們的身體視為同樣的生產力工具不斷消耗;人作為最好操縱的資源被哄抬了在物我關係裡的地位。人類成了萬物的尺度,世界,變得只分成「人類」和「其他」。但人類沒有人類想得那麼重要,我們只是為身處的環境賦予了涵義,並活在自己賦予的涵義當中。我們是不是能止步於不斷競爭攀升的峰頭,回到初始的狀態?我們是不是能夠在不斷膨脹的主體性中,找回沒有人類,不分他我,也沒有主宰與被主宰的世界?
We human beings nowadays pursuing numbers and development, for the sake of our so-called "civilization". We put so much effort on high-end technology and economics, that we ruined not only the nature, but also ourselves, as a source of labour. Why don't we think about other ways to live on this planet? French socio-economists came up with a term called "degrowth" (décroissance), and based on this theory, I offered a somehow extreme proposal. What if we literally "stop" doing whatever we are doing? We don't work. We don't think about getting paid and boosting the development of society. We don't chase the trends and think about rankings. We just lay down, and breathe. Like any other beings, simply existing.