The Importance of Adapting to the Dynamic Environment

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A lot of people in social media and analysis are attempting to build out an entirely new system, but we're part of a dynamic system that has a metabolism and a momentum. So given the constantly changing biodiversity of our economic jungle, as you put it, perhaps it's better to think about toolkits and systems that are highly adaptable to these constantly changing conditions. And how would someone listening to this in a position of authority to impact these things start to approach this? "I find all of them have been trapped by a paradigm," he says.

In this episode, Simon Michaux returns to discuss his new paper “A Resource Balanced Economy”, which outlines an alternative economic and social system. This conversation builds off of his two previous episodes on The Great Simplification, unpacking the ideas and tools that will be helpful in planning for an unknown future with more energy and material constraints. How can we be more intentional about the design of our technology to make products that are longer lasting and easier to reuse? How can we organize society to create resilient communities based around actual human needs, rather than endless efficiency geared towards growth? Can an ‘Arcadian Blueprint’ emerge, and at what scale, and by whom?

About Simon Michaux:

Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.

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