The biosphere limits as severe as they are are not what's going to get us first. We've already passed a planetary tipping point on small scale so far you know Syria was relatively small population and australia was low population density but as soon as you have australia scale things in high population density areas then you start getting world changing effects from that. The moment we're not able to service existing financial claims there is a musical chairs moment which may be getting closer because of what happened in russia and ukraine and in the uk and so that is an additional constraint on top of all the other ones that you look at.
In this fourth installment of conversations with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we dive deeper into the nuances of humans using energy, materials and technology. Human’s ability to develop and use tools is one of our greatest strengths - yet has also led to increasing destruction of the natural world. How does technology intensify the binding effects of a world order based on growth? Is there any way out - or could global solutions just make the problem worse?
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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