One of the hall marks of good science is uncertainty, and that there are arrr bands in what people project and describe. Cially, as we get more anxious and scared about the future, we want certainty. And i think that, you know, the responsibility of our education system, a responsibility that's not met, but is teaching people to be comfortable with uncertainty. managingne ty is one of the responsibilities of a citizen and a member of community.
On this episode we meet with Executive Director of Stanford University’s Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, Joan Diamond.
Diamond helps us imagine the future in an uncertain time. How can we create robust strategies to help us plan? How can we avoid thinking only of worst-case scenarios?
Further, Diamond offers suggestions for how people can handle their hopelessness and rage following recent Supreme Court rulings. What options exist for people to change systems?
About Joan Diamond
Joan Diamond has executive background in private and nonprofit sectors, including Fortune 500 energy enterprises such as executive VP of Hawaiian Electric Company, vice president and corporate secretary of a Silicon Valley telecommunications company, and COO of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability. She is the Executive Director of Stanford University’s Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) and of the Crans Foresight Analysis Nexus (FAN).
For Show Notes and Transcript visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/29-josh-farley