How Do You Think Through Externalities Better?

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Think through the upstream stuff, because if you don't solve some of the upstream causes of the problem, it's very likely they will be displaced somewhere else. Think about the downstream stuff of whatever you're going to do so that you aren't going to cause problems to something else that matters. Could you give an example of that upstream and downstream on the level of the individual in a product or something? Sure. That conceptually makes sense. Should we move into the three by three grid then? And how should we? Okay. It's important to say, so how do you think through externalities better to avoid them?

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On this 5th and final installment of the Bend Not Break series with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we unpack the framework and mindset needed to begin thinking about responses. This conversation touches on what it means to work on personal development in the light of a polycrisis, and how it is truly a never ending but necessary challenge. Finally, Daniel and Nate break down a 3x3 grid on time frame and category of responses.

Whilst this is the end of this series, there is, of course, much left to be unpacked. If there are any specific topics you want covered in a follow up Daniel/Nate conversation, we encourage you to leave your questions in the comments of the Youtube video, which can be found here -> https://youtu.be/Kep8Fi_rUUI

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.

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