Nuclear war is the all the elephants in the room as of October 3rd when this conversation is being recorded. There's a lot of places where the conflict has escalated in terms of the possibility of kinetic conflict and a number of those places are nuclear equipped places so meaningful war that was not possible during Pax Americana is definitely possible now well you own okay how would you like to lay some breadcrumbs and a teaser for our next episode do you have an outline for how we should approach the bend versus break possible interventions?
In this fourth installment of conversations with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we dive deeper into the nuances of humans using energy, materials and technology. Human’s ability to develop and use tools is one of our greatest strengths - yet has also led to increasing destruction of the natural world. How does technology intensify the binding effects of a world order based on growth? Is there any way out - or could global solutions just make the problem worse?
About Daniel Schmachtenberger:
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.
Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/42-daniel-schmachtenberger