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Daniel Schmachtenberger: "Bend Not Break Part 5: Criteria and Categories for Response" | The Great Simplification #50

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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The Disconnect Between Short-Term Benefits and Long-Term Harms in Capitalistic Systems

The physical benefits of profits or services are prioritized over negative externalities due to our biological and cultural biases./nIn a capitalistic exponential system, costs of future harms are often backloaded and not given enough weight in decision-making./nThere is a perverse incentive for immediate advantages, leading to a power imbalance in influencing the overall system./nCreating technology for specific benefits is easier than preventing the numerous undefined harms it may cause.

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