The Balance Between Human Health and Planetary Health

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i really think this sense of health, human health to planetary health, and the sense of balance, is well being. You know, hat planet earth has a series of fundamental systems on which her well being depends. And if we push any one of them too far, we also kick our planetary system out of health, to death and decline. If i tell you my friend went to the doctor and he told us she had a growth, that is nothing to celebrate. We deeply and quietly understand that that is a profound problem.

When Kate Raworth began studying economics, she was disappointed that the mainstream version of the discipline didn’t fully address many of the world issues that she wanted to tackle, such as human rights and environmental destruction. She left the field, but was inspired to jump back in after the financial crisis of 2008, when she saw an opportunity to introduce fresh perspectives. She sat down and drew a chart in the shape of a doughnut, which provided a way to think about our economic system while accounting for the impact to the world around us, as well as for humans’ baseline needs. Kate’s framing can teach us a lot about how to transform the economic model of the technology industry, helping us move from a system that values addicted, narcissistic, polarized humans to one that values healthy, loving and collaborative relationships. Her book, “Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist,” gives us a guide for transitioning from a 20th-century paradigm to an evolved 21st-century one that will address our existential-scale problems.