I think humans abhor uncertainty. The sharing and community i have from discussing these things with you and others of our colleagues is the only thing that gives me like the strength to manage all that uncertainty. As an individual human if you are buffeted with so much uncertainty, it can become paralyzing. What can you be certain about? You know, ideally we can be certain about certain friendships. People love the communities we build. And in was still with a level of humility, and then using that as a foundation. I am not sure that the attachment to certainty, i really don't know this, but i have this hunch that americans, and maybe, but i don't know,
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