As our world arises to modernity and development, coming with it are problems that we often

overlook because it does not directly affect us—two of those problems being negligence of nature and
poverty. For years and years, solutions have been proposed, all of them having the same bottom line:
economic growth. However, as Jason Hickle described, nothing will happen if we focus on developing
third-world countries. Instead, we should concentrate on de-developing first-world countries, focus on
making the economy thrive and not grow any further. Correlating to Hickle's de-development framework
is Martin Heidegger's claims towards technology or "standing reserve," as Heidegger calls it. Heidegger
sees technology as a threat and a mode of revealing the truth about us; how we interact with the world.
With our obsession with economic growth, Heidegger noticed that our relationship with nature is money-
driven; that we see the world as a resource to be exploited and not our home that we need to take care of.
He also recognized that relationships between people are influenced in the same way, not being able to
form genuine connections and companionships, all of it for the sake of networking and career gain.
Therefore, applying Hickle's de-development framework in this sense is genuinely needed to help both us,
humans, and nature out of this hyper-productive concept of a modern world. It may seem that both of
them are anti-technology, but all they are saying is that we should be responsible for the technology we
have in our hands and stop taking whatever we currently deal with for granted.

Incorporating Hickle's de-development framework and Heidegger's standing reserve with

Aristotle's concept of happiness, there should be nothing wrong with de-development. Having all this
technological advancement will not guarantee happiness and improve our quality of life; instead, it is
about making the right choices and possessing good morals and virtue that will make us truly happy and
our nature thriving. It is not worth it if it means that we need to lose genuine relationships with our loved
ones and damage our environment to the extent that we can't take it all back.