There are no technological solutions to a collective action pro and what we face now is a collective action problem. We've outsourced our decisions to the market, which is based on growth. And so via ward causation, everyone is running around like little ants. I mean, the super organism has to shrivel up somehow. What do you think? How could we solve these social dilemmas?
On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley.
Farley explores the importance of human cooperation in a modern superstructure that incentivizes competition. What role will cooperation play in helping us solve our largest existential problems?
Farley explains the critical social dilemma humans face: How can we grapple with the paradox that individuals are better served to act selfishly, but cooperation among individuals makes everyone better off?
Additionally, Professor Farley helps us distinguish the difference between how a system works, and how we can understand and participate in changing a system.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/07-josh-farley