The Challenges of the Future

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I can see a situation where we are going to... It's not a question running out of resources. Things will just stop appearing in the market. We're also probably looking at things like, we've got to phase out petrochemical fertilizers. How are we going to do that? Plastics are going to have to be phased out. But there are solutions too. For example, anything that can be made out of plastic can also be made from hemp. Can we explore that? How do we do that? And so on?"

In this episode, Simon Michaux returns to discuss his new paper “A Resource Balanced Economy”, which outlines an alternative economic and social system. This conversation builds off of his two previous episodes on The Great Simplification, unpacking the ideas and tools that will be helpful in planning for an unknown future with more energy and material constraints. How can we be more intentional about the design of our technology to make products that are longer lasting and easier to reuse? How can we organize society to create resilient communities based around actual human needs, rather than endless efficiency geared towards growth? Can an ‘Arcadian Blueprint’ emerge, and at what scale, and by whom?

About Simon Michaux:

Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.

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