How to Think Through Externalities Better

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The way to think through externalities better is when you come up with a possible solution, talk to lots of people about what might be wrong with it. And so that's the first part. Once you implement it, try to implement it in experimental ways, right? You have some safe to fail probes. If you are supporting someone who has more agency than you in the organization or whatever, these are things you would help support them with. I mean, ensure that the governance structure is such that when we learn new stuff, the underlying thing can be changed. We're talking to people here because on the chance that people here are going to try to, they're running a nonprofit or they

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On this 5th and final installment of the Bend Not Break series with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we unpack the framework and mindset needed to begin thinking about responses. This conversation touches on what it means to work on personal development in the light of a polycrisis, and how it is truly a never ending but necessary challenge. Finally, Daniel and Nate break down a 3x3 grid on time frame and category of responses.

Whilst this is the end of this series, there is, of course, much left to be unpacked. If there are any specific topics you want covered in a follow up Daniel/Nate conversation, we encourage you to leave your questions in the comments of the Youtube video, which can be found here -> https://youtu.be/Kep8Fi_rUUI

About Daniel Schmachtenberger:

Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.

The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.

Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.

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