Entangled World What is the Metacrisis? | Najia Shaukat Lupson
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Sep 12, 2023 najia shaukat lupson discusses the metacrisis and its drivers, including the consequences of nuclear development, resource depletion, and the fragility of supply chains. The podcast explores the need for global governance to address these challenges and offers hope for creating a more beautiful world.
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Understanding the Meta Crisis
- The meta crisis is the total ecosystem of all global crises with common underlying dynamics causing existential risks.
- It includes visible crises like climate change and hidden crises in culture and psyche.
Beware Narrow Solutions
- Solving crises narrowly without addressing underlying systems often displaces harm elsewhere.
- We must consider first, second, and deeper order effects to avoid unintended consequences.
Unique Risk of Global Collapse
- Local civilizations collapsed from environmental misuse or infighting, but global collapse risks are now unprecedented.
- Humanity faces risks threatening species survival due to interconnected global fragility.