Team Human Vicki Robin: Parable of the Tribes
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Dec 3, 2025 
Vicki Robin, renowned author and activist, shares her insights on aging and community. She discusses how growing older shifts focus from personal issues to universal connection and care. The conversation touches on the impact of aggressive societal structures on peaceful communities and the importance of solidarity. Vicki emphasizes engaging with power ethically and the need for grassroots cultural change. They also explore the role of kindness, curiosity, and emotional resilience in navigating life's uncertainties and fostering hope amid challenges.
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Parable of The Tribes Explains Escalation
- The 'Parable of the Tribes' explains how one aggressive group can force peaceful groups to militarize and change their nature.
- Douglas and Vicki use it to show how aggression reshapes societies and creates defensive systems that persist.
Use Spending As A Values Check
- Run your spending through a simple values checklist to see if purchases buy you a life you love.
- Vicki describes Your Money or Your Life as a consciousness technology that intervenes in habitual consumer behavior.
Tech Success Without Planetary Destruction
- Tech leaders can pursue radical projects without wrecking the planet if they choose different goals than maximizing growth.
- Rushkoff argues the smartest players could 'win' by designing non-destructive systems instead of doubling down on extractive models.
