I think we're going to have, and across the board, lower living standards, at least for material throughput, in coming decades. It's obvious that this society can't continue, whether it lasts a few years, a few decades or a couple of centuries. I'm just trying to look beyond and see what's likely to come next. If we're lucky and fossil fuels run out as soon as i hope you're right and they run out soon. My only problem it pek oil. I mean, where is it? A lot of us in the seventies were hoping that it would change the there be energy pinches. But then we went to globilization, and we
On this episode, we meet with Ecological Economist, John Gowdy.
Gowdy explores the revolution in biology and its significance in society. How do different cultures manifest human nature? What role has agriculture, and specific crops, played in how societies developed?
Further, Gowdy discusses the relationship between capitalism, surplus, and The Superorganism. Does human agency matter to the Superorganism? What role do blind evolutionary mechanisms play in the development of our society?
About John Gowdy:
John M. Gowdy is Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He is the recipient of the Herman Daly Award for contributions to ecological economics.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/14-john-gowdy