Homeward Bound (including The Great Humbling)

The Great Humbling S1E1: 'Mapping Lava'

Apr 4, 2020

The hosts explore the concept of 'the humbling' and its role in our current crises. They discuss narratives of returning to normal versus embracing a new normal. They examine the impact of the crisis and the emergence of disaster communism as a response. They also delve into the binary nature of perceiving the future and the dysfunction of systems. Lastly, they explore the challenge of breaking enchanting stories that have not served humanity or the planet.

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Quick takeaways

The desire to return to normalcy is a consoling thought, but the longer the interruption lasts, the more people may question and reject old norms.

The pandemic has accelerated the emergence of a new normal, with digitalization, automation, and the decline of the traditional high street being fast-forwarded.

Disaster communism, characterized by left-leaning policies and ideas, highlights the potential for radical change and addressing inequality and precariousness.

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The Back to Normal Story

The first narrative discussed in the podcast is the desire to return to normalcy, with a longing for the familiar and a sense of longing for pre-pandemic activities. This narrative is seen as both a default position and a consoling thought. It is recognized that the longer the interruption lasts, the more people may question and reject the old norms.

Introduction

2min

Exploring the Concept of 'The Humbling'

9min

Revealing the Truth: Back to Normal or New Normal?

22min

The Impact of the Crisis and the Emergence of Disaster Communism

12min

Exploring the Binary Nature of Perceiving the Future

2min

Disruptive Progress and the Dysfunction of Systems

10min

Exploring the Challenge of Breaking Enchanting Stories

3min

How will they look in hindsight, these times we're living through? Is this a midlife crisis on the road to the Star Trek future, or the point at which that story of the future unravelled and we came to see how much it had left out? What if our current crises are neither an obstacle to be overcome, nor the end of the world, but a necessary humbling? With Covid-19 calling into question the ways we have been living, Ed Gillespie and Dougald Hine set out to explore what it means to be humbled.

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