8 to 10 percent of homo sapiens of all time are alive right now that this is we have to recognize how we got here in order to change where we're going. I'm hopeful that some something emergent happens but I just don't know I think we're going to have to use less materially and we're not going to choose to do that. There are dangers on on both sides like you said oppression and and catastrophe so I really am keen to get to the point of this conversation where we frame out possible responses at the international level, community and individual level.
In this fourth installment of conversations with Daniel Schmachtenberger, we dive deeper into the nuances of humans using energy, materials and technology. Human’s ability to develop and use tools is one of our greatest strengths - yet has also led to increasing destruction of the natural world. How does technology intensify the binding effects of a world order based on growth? Is there any way out - or could global solutions just make the problem worse?
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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