Every human concern would have to be built on a foundation that's biophysically sustainable. So you have to start every consideration with something like this question of, would this action be a net help to the whole world? "I don't really see it as an evolution or a tweaking or knob turning of our current civilizational aspirations and mindset," he says. 'We have to build something completely new'
This week, Nate invites colleague Tom Murphy, professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego and writer of ‘Do the Math’, to unpack his recent essay The Simple Story of Civilization. Tom condenses the vast timescale of human life on Earth to an average human lifespan to give us a sense of the anomalous period we’re living through. What is civilization and how quickly did it come about? Can technology redirect civilization from its current perilous course? Is optimism näive or is it necessary in order to make the hard decisions within us? A 30 minute overview with Nate and Professor Tom Murphy.
For Show Notes and More: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/22-the-simple-story-of-civilization
To Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6yFrh1X6DI