Understanding the Six Faces of Globalization and Systems Thinking

In this episode, professor, researcher and author Anthea Roberts joins us to talk about how to view the world and current debates from different lenses. Anthea specializes in public international law, international trade and investment law, global governance and geoeconomics. She is the co-author of ”Six Faces of Globalization: Who Wins, Who Loses And Why It Matters”, selected as one of the best economic books of 2021. In this book Anthea and her co-author identify six main narratives driving debates in the West about the virtues and vices of economic globalization: the old establishment view that globalization benefits everyone (win–win), the pessimistic belief that it threatens us all with pandemics and climate change (lose–lose), along with various rival accounts that focus on specific winners and losers, from China to America’s Rust Belt. “Narratives are stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world... They are also stories we tell others to influence their understanding of the world.” Anthea proposes to cut through the complexity to reveal what splits us apart and the points of concurrence that could bond us back together and move forward. In this chapter you will have a bigger picture of what is going on in the world and will learn how to see it from different lenses. You will also discover the importance of being a system thinker and how to become one. If you want to learn about multiperspectivism or how to view the global stage in a non dogmatic way, reading Six Faces of Globalization is a MUST! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/PDAPkhNxrC Who is Anthea Roberts? Anthea is a Professor at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University (ANU) and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. She is the co-author of Six Faces of Globalization, selected as one of the Best Books of 2021 by The Financial Times and Fortune Magazine. Topics: Welcome Anthea Roberts to The Rhys Show!: (00:00:00) About Six Faces of Globalization: (00:01:56) Curiosity about multiperspectivism: (00:06:04) Using metaphors to synthesize narratives: (00:09:05) About identity & how can it fit in as a perspective: (00:17:20) How effective altruism, techno utopianism & self transformation fit in 6 faces of globalization: (00:21:07) Internal chinese narratives about globalization: (00:26:00) Competition & coopetition of how narratives succeed: (00:34:31) How to be good at system thinking: (00:42:05) Overrated & underrated questions: (00:46:11) Wrap-up: (00:48:20) Mentioned resources: “The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World” book by Charles C. Mann “Images of Organization” Book by Gareth Morgan “Metaphors we believe by” (Blog) by Aaron Z. Lewis Connect with Anthea Roberts: Web: https://www.anthearoberts.com/ Six Faces of Globalization Web: https://www.sixfacesofglobalization.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthea-roberts-a8596b142/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntheaERoberts Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLoW2GdYY2EHQVLUNYoI74g/playlists