The way government works, and i have done public policy work before, now, in my younger days, that you get to know what subjects the minister wants to hear. So it's like a filtering out pyramid. We're at each stage up the pyramid, you lose information because people are self censuring it. If somebody like boris johnson actually got this stuff and decided to act on it, i think of the problem with the organic that this is just happening almost unconsciously. It would be very difficult for a political leader to actually turn the ship around. But if you had honest politicians realizing this stuff and putting the truth on the table, that, look, there are hard choices to
On this episode, we meet with author, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate Tim Watkins.
Watkins gives us a bird’s eye view of how energy, the economy, the environment, and mental health fit together. How important will mental health be to help us navigate uncertain times?
About Tim Watkins:
Tim Watkins is the author Consciousness of Sheep, social scientist, policy researcher, and mental health advocate.
Watkins has authored a range of books, including numerous books and booklets on the subject mental health, wellbeing and self-help. In 2015 he published “Austerity - Will Kill the Economy”, a critique of the economic policies adopted in the UK since 2010; and “Britain’s Coming Energy Crisis - Peak Oil and the End of the World as we Know it”, a guide to the UK’s particular vulnerabilities in a world without cheap oil.
Tim Watkins is a founder-director of Waye Forward Ltd. A qualified Life Coach, he also provides coaching, mentoring and support to other writers.
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