How to Reconnect to Earth (with Author Richard Powers)
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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The Pandemic May Have a Unifying Power
The pandemic has produced a tremendous hunger to remember what the non human world looks like, and that's a hopeful thing. The economy was certainly hurt by the pendemic, but when you think of what we did to protect the at risk populations during this time period, it completely invalidates any argument from economic pragmatism. Any system where economics and ecology are at odds with each other isn't doing its bookkeeping right. I believe that once we begin to shift this sense of personal purpose outwards, beyond the self, into this collective enterprise of engaging the future, of returning to earth, the economy and echology begin to aline much more closely.
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