Utopia is Now
By Xavier Logan-Sievers
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Utopia is NowJun 14, 2022
The Social Psychology Behind Climate Change Inaction | Prof. Jeff Rotman, PhD
Dr Jeff Rotman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and co-director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin Business School. He is the recipient of the 2021 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award for Career Excellence. He specialises in research on consumer psychology with a specific focus on the areas of ethics, emotion, and sustainability. Links _______________________ Jeff Rotman: https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/jeffrey-rotman Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 1:34 - Our minds handle risk strangely – and that’s partly why we delayed climate action so long 12:46 - What is motivated reasoning and why is it crucial to understand? 22:18 - Group identity and survival 33:07 - Us vs. them morality, selective reasoning, and green beard traits 46:19 - What are the ways we can shift our perception to mitigating climate change? 53:28 - Is shame an effective motivator in mitigating climate change? 1:03:12 - Status seeking as a strategy for encouraging green solutions 1:09:28 - The one marketing insight that everyone should know 1:12:50 - What is Jeff’s Utopia? Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
The Next Six Years Will Make or Break Our Climate Goal of 1.5°C Warming | Dr. Robin Lamboll, PhD
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Robin Lamboll: www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.lamboll
Spotify: spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
0:59 - Why do we need to limit average warming to 1.5°C?
4:06 - What is the importance of limiting every fraction of a degree past 1.5°C?
5:33 - The frightening reality of climate science
10:14 - Robin’s research on the latest carbon budget
13:39 - If every country implemented its current policy commitments, would we limit warming to 1.5°C?
16:20 - How accurate is the current carbon budget assessment?
20:01 - How do we assess how much (CO2) to emit annually?
25:25 - Implementing the insights of the carbon budget
27:05 - The curious effect of dust and aerosols on global temperatures
35:31 - What are tipping points and why are they critical to the climate discourse
41:23 - What is the punchline of Robin's research?
Credits
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Thumbnail: Headshot
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
#carbonbudget #climatechange #climateaction
Climate Change in India: A Growing Environmental Crisis | Prof. Harini Nagendra, PhD
Professor Harini Nagendra is the Director of the Research Centre at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, India, and leads the University’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability. Nagendra is known for her research spanning over 30 years on forest conservation, and urban sustainability, with several seminal publications in both areas of work. Her interdisciplinary work on forests combines remote sensing, biodiversity studies, and institutional analysis, and is recognised for elucidating the link between pattern and process in the human-dominated landscapes of South Asia.
Links _______________________ Harini Nagendra: https://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/people/harini-nagendra Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser 1:06 - Introduction 13:30 - If you could share one thing about India, what would it be? 15:03 - How much does India’s ecological history inform India today? 18:01 - Western vs Eastern mismatch of environmental problems and solutions 28:13 - How is India experiencing Climate Change? 32:15 - How is the Indian government responding to environmental & climate-related disasters? 35:04 - Transdisciplinarity, cognitive dissonance, and growth vs environmentalism 50:41 - The importance of culture, art, and literature in creating change 58:19 - Harini Insights as an author of fictional novels? 1:05:32 - Is a Green Party viable in India?< 1:10:40 - Outlook of India's environment
Credits
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Thumbnail: Headshot
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
#ecology #climatechange #india
Business in a Post-Growth World | Prof. Donnie Maclurcan, PhD
Donnie Maclurcan Ph.D. leads the Post Growth Institute, an international organization exploring how we thrive within ecological limits. Believing purpose-driven enterprise is at the heart of a healthy market economy, he has consulted to over 500 not-for-profit projects and businesses, across 32 countries. His own initiatives include leading the development of the Offers and Needs Market, the Post Growth Fellowship, the Post Growth Alliance, Free Money Day, the (En)Rich List, the Not for Profit Way training, and the globally active #postgrowth hashtag. Affiliate Professor of Economics at Southern Oregon University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Donnie is working on his fourth book: How on Earth: our future is not for profit.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Post-Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/
Paper Mentioned: https://bit.ly/3gg6E6B
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Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
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Timestamps
_________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:41 - Who is Donnie? 6:50 - An introduction to post-growth 11:04 - Is emotional resonance a good way to evaluate the ‘correctness’ of an idea? A brief digression on debt 18:48 - The role and value of not-for-profit businesses & mutual banks 26:44 - The tyranny of numbers 31:28 - A story on non-for-profits 37:59 - The ethical tension between growth & purpose 43:35- Do for-profit businesses have a place in future society? 48:41 - What is Donnie’s Utopia for a post-growth world?
Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Can Liberalism Solve Climate Change? | Dr. Christopher Shaw, PhD
Chris has more than 15 years of experience in researching climate policy and climate communications. Chris is also a contributing author for the IPCC Working Group I Sixth Assessment Report, serves as a Non-Executive Director of the award-winning environmental news organization DeSmog, is an Associate of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and holds the position of Research Associate in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. Chris's new book is titled Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change, which is the subject of the following podcast.
Links _______________________ Tim Buckley: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/christopher-shaw-a5554214 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:32 - Chris’s Story 9:21 - What is liberalism and why is it a challenge to climate change 16:36 - Previous movements have brought about change, why can’t individuals bring about change to climate change action as well? 23:04 - Liberalism is complacent to catastrophe 28:12 - Are anti-liberal solutions to climate change a dog whistle for left-wing politics to thrive? 39:26 - What are some non-liberal solutions to climate change? 50:19 - Can the West give up liberalism in favor of mitigating climate change? 1:00:46 - Final takeaways Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X #liberalism #climatechange #freedom
Climate and Energy Finance: Awakening the Sleeping Giant | Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell side perspective. Tim was formerly Director Energy Finance Studies, Australia/South Asia, IEEFA, and was a Managing Director, Head of Equity Research at Citigroup for 17 years until 2008.
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Contact: Tim Buckley: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-buckley-0a654313
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps
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0:00 - Why is Finance important for mitigating the ecological crisis?
9:30 - How is the green energy transition going?
29:23 - Are we decarbonising fast enough?
36:49 - Tim on governments being captured by fossil fuel interests
43:52 - How can financial analysts justify investing in fossil fuel companies?
54:59 - Parting thoughts
Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
#renewableenergy #climatechange #finance
EcoPsychology: The Psychological Practice Triggered by the Climate Crisis | Dr. Eshana Bragg, PhD
Biological Annihilation: The Ongoing Sixth Extinction | Prof. Rodolfo Dirzo, PhD
Rodolfo Dirzo is Professor of Biology and Earth Systems Science at Stanford University. Rodolfo's scientific work examines the study of species interactions in tropical ecosystems from California, Latin America, and other tropical areas of the world. Recent research highlights the decline of animal life (“defaunation”), and how this affects ecosystem processes/services (e.g. disease regulation). Rodolfo teaches ecology, natural history, conservation biology, and biocultural diversity at undergraduate and graduate levels at Stanford, and conducts science education programs with underserved children in the Bay Area.
Timestamps _____________________ 0:00 - Teaser 0:49 - Introduction to Rodolfo Dirzo 8:39 - Defaunation & global trends in declining animal populations 15:13 - What is ecology? 18:12 - Risks of declining animal populations 27:49 - The Wolves in Yellowstone - Trophic cascading 34:24 - A slight digression on COVID-19 & animal trafficking 38:42 - What is the sixth extinction & why is it significant? 45:40 - What are the causes of the sixth extinction? 54:25 - Why Biological Loss is just as critical as climate change 1:05:21 - What can we learn from previous mass extinctions 1:08:10 - What can we do to mitigate biodiversity loss
1:17:53 - Rodolfo’s utopiaIrrationality, Climate Change & Evolutionary Psychology | Prof. Lionel Page,PhD
Lionel Page is a Professor of Economics and the Director of the Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster at the University of Queensland. He has worked on a wide range of topics in behavioural economics, such as risk preferences, social preferences and strategic behaviour.
Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
1:14 - A Quick Story & Introduction to Lionel Page
8:48 - Rationality & Emotions
30:54 - Evolutionary Psychology & Being Optimally Irrational
50:52 - How might our decision-making processes need to change to address problems like climate change?
58:49 - How can we overcome our short-termism?
1:08:10 - Is belief in conspiracy theory rational?
1:16:35 - What is Lionel’s Utopia
Cognitive Bias & Climate Change | Prof. Ben Newell, PhD
The Future is Degrowth? | Dr. Aaron Vansintjan, PhD
Aaron Vansintjan is the Author of 'The Future is Degrowth' & Co-Editor of Uneven Earth. Aaron completed his PhD Candidate in the Department of Film, Media, and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He studies gentrification in Montreal and Hanoi. His PhD research draws on the fields of urban geography, comparative urbanism, political ecology, ecological economics, and food studies.
Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
0:41 - Who is Aaron and his pathway from Philosophy
8:41 - What Degrowth Isn’t
17:06 - The History of Growth
25:11 - Fragmentation, isolation & the consequent impacts on communal care
32:44 - Is capitalism to blame for ecological, economical, social and spiritual damage?
39:30 - How can Degrowth be implemented in practice?
45:43 - CRITIQUE OF DEGROWTH 1 - Matt Huber’s Class Critique of Degrowth - Aaron’s Rebuttal
55:02 - More Degowth Policies to appeal to the ecologically minded and the working class
1:06:20 - CRITIQUE OF DEGROWTH 2 - Ought we be A-Growth rather than Degrowth? - Aaron’s Rebuttal
1:17:47 - What is Aaron’s Utopia (as a critic and sci-fi writer)
Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Climate Change as Class War | Prof. Matt Huber, PhD
The Moral Sentiments of a Climate Scientist | Dr. David Karoly, PhD
Professor Karoly was leader of the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub in the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Program, based in CSIRO, during 2018 to June 2021. During 2012-2017, he was a member of the Climate Change Authority, which provides advice to the Australian government on responding to climate change, including targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He was involved in the Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001, 2007, 2014 and 2021 in several different roles and was a part of the revered group of IPCC authors who shared the Nobel Peace prize with Al Gore in 2007. He was awarded the 2015 Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Scientific Excellence in Earth Sciences and elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2019.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
David Karoly: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/67077-david-karoly
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Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
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Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
1:54 - Intro to David Karoly
12:01 - The Moral Sentiments of a Climate Scientist
22:54 - What is the current state of the climate
30:32 - How has David coped with conducting research and consistently encountering distressing evidence for 40+ years?
38:47 - Climate Change & Social Justice
46:10 - Climate change as Class War
51:23 - How do you manage to take time for yourself in the face of the Sisyphean task of fighting against climate inaction?
57-52 - “Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone”. -J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. If you could, what would you stick under a big glass case?
1:00:52 - What can people do to help fight climate injustice?
Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Artisanal Mining: The Hidden Cost of the Green Transition | Rob Karpati
Rob Karpati is a long-term finance leader in multi-national corporate environments. Focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career, Rob's strength has been integrating complex end-to-end processes in ways that optimize value across multiple stakeholders. Using Finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, Rob has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Rob Karpati: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-karpati-3044a85/
New Yorker Article: https://bit.ly/3W6Ou6U
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
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0:00 - Who is Rob?
3:01 - Who are Artisanal Miners and what is their Story?
6:51 - What materials/minerals are mined by Artisanal Miners and how does it impact the Global North
11:07 - What are the characteristics of artisanal miners? 14:55 - Where are Artisanal Miners mainly located?
16:41 - What is the day-to-day life of an artisanal miner?
32:23 - How can the artisanal mining industry be formalised?
36:10 - Does formalisation of work really provide workers with dignity?
44:34 - Is growth in key mineral extraction positively correlated with negative impacts on artisanal miners?
47:56- Can we improve the standards of Artisanal Miners without having the need to have shareholders of mining firms profiteering?
53:59 - What can people do to help artisanal miners?
Credits __________________
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Western Fundamentalism: Are We Growth Fundamentalists? | Prof. Gordon Menzies, PhD
Gordon Menzies obtained a (First Class) Honours degree from the University of New England in 1985. He won the Robert Jones Prize for the best Masters student at the Australian National University in 1997, and he won a Commonwealth Scholarship to undertake doctoral studies at Oxford University over 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining the University of Technology Sydney in 2003 he was 'in the room' of policymakers during the transformation of the Australian economy by the Hawke-Keating governments. From 1986 until 2003, he was an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Gordon Menzies: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/gordon.me...
Buy Western Fundamentalism: https://bit.ly/3HaqUl0
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0:00 - Teaser
0:40 - Gordon Menzies Introduction
1:41 - What is Fundamentalism & how are we in the West fundamentalists?
5:03 - What is the importance of having first principles?
11:31 - Possession of ‘unprovable beliefs’
19:21 - Is there a problem with being a fundamentalist, especially a Western fundamentalist?
35:50 - What are ‘Unthinking Responses’ and how can this help us examine our first principles
39:32 - Can we be friends with people who hold fundamentally different beliefs?
46:12 - How can we promote critical thinking?
50:07 - Do policymakers have a view that economics takes primacy over issues such as moral goodness, environmental protection and being a person of virtue?
1:05:12 - Is Economic Growth a western fundamental?
1:14:17 - Do we have to bring an end to Capitalism?
1:20:25 - Limits: Why Malthus was Wrong
1:28:36 - What ought we do in an age where political discourse has been hallowed out by economists and technocrats?
1:40:21 - Promoting alternative scripts of living
1:50:58 - What is Gordon’s Utopia?
Credits __________________
Thumbnail: Scuola di Atene by Rafael Sanzio da Urbino
Crisis and Disaster Communication | Prof. Jacqui Ewart, PhD
Professor Jacqui Ewart was a journalist and media manager for more than a decade. She has worked as an academic for the past 25 years. Professor Jacqui Ewart's research focuses on communication across various phases of disasters and the involvement of politicians in disasters. She also researches news media representations of various minority groups including Muslims and Indigenous Australians.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Jacqui Ewart: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18772...
Jacqui's Twitter: @jacquiewart
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
0:36 - Who is Jacqueline Ewart?
6:53 - What are disasters & the need for effective disaster communication
12:58- What is disaster communication?
16:57 - How do journalists influence good/bad communication
24:02 - How do people respond in disasters?
29:08 - Covid & Climate Change Disaster Communication
37:24 - Merchants of Doubt
44:32 - A Quick Game with Professor Jacquie
50:28 - How do we communicate effectively in an age of misinformation?
55:11 - How does storytelling inform effective communication?
58:52 - What is Jacqui Ewart’s Utopia?
The Myth of Perpetual Economic Growth | Prof. James Hope-Ward, PhD
Professor James Hope-Ward (PhD) is the current Dean of Programs for STEM at the University of South Australia (UniSA). James has a mixed background in civil engineering and environmental science, putting himself under the broad heading of "environmental engineering". At UniSA, James coordinates two courses relating to hydraulics and environmental modeling. His research involves the study of big-picture sustainability problems such as the limits to the planet’s energy supplies, climate change and economic growth.
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0:00 - James’s Story & The Problem with Green Growth
15:33 - James Research, Relative v Absolute Decoupling, Upholding the Status Quo
30:19 - The Growth Paradox, Long-Termism & Decentralising Power
55:54 - What is the Way Forward?
1:00:34 - What is James’s Utopia?
Credits
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Degrowth: A Brief Introduction to Post-Capitalism | Dr. Timothée Parrique, PhD (economist)
Timothée Parrique is a social scientist, originally from Versailles, France. He is currently a researcher at the School of Economics and Management of Lund University (Sweden).He holds a PhD in economics from the Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement (University of Clermont Auvergne, France) and the Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University, Sweden). Titled “The political economy of degrowth” (2019), his dissertation explores the economic implications of degrowth.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Tim's Website: https://timotheeparrique.com/
Tim's Twitter: @timparrique
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3
Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9JrInstagram/
Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
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0:00: Who is Timothee?
4:28: How did Timothee discover Degrowth?
10:30: What is Degrowth & How does this differ from other Economic Thought?
16:53: The importance of detaching growth from prosperity
31:07 - What & who is an economy for?
44:40 - What are the Philosophical underpinnings of degrowth?
59:28- What would Tim’s Degrowth Utopia look like?
1:07:21 - How can we enact Degrowth now?
Credits ____________________
Thumbnail: Headshot
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
A Green Hope? Post-Mortem on the Australian Election | Prof Kate Crowley, PhD
Kate Crowley is Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Policy at the University of Tasmania. She is widely published on green politics and environmental policy and has chaired advisory councils such as the Tasmanian Environment Industry Council, the Tasmanian Climate Action Council and the University of Tasmania's Board of Graduate Research. Her books include Australian Environmental Policy: Studies in decline and devolution (with Ken Walker) (1999); Minority government: The Liberal Green experience in Tasmania (2012); Environmental policy failure: The Australian story (2012)(with Ken Walker); and Policy Analysis in Australia: The State of the Art (with Brian Head) (2015).
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Kate Crowley: https://twitter.com/Kate__Crowley
Recent Media Feat. Kate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVUOO...
Join our community: https://forms.gle/3gmq2WahzJZZ9Bny9
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Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr
Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
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0:00 - Introduction
5:04 - Why was the 2022 Australian Election so important?
10:32 - What was the outcome of the election?
16:46 - What are the implications of a labor-majority parliament?
25:06 - What are the impacts of Australia’s climate policy across the globe?
30:27 - What is the Green New Deal?
38:40 - Should we push for a Green New Deal?
45:17 - A environmental policy expert’s predictions on Australia’s environmental policy
49:25 - What is Kate Crowley's Utopia?
Climate Finance & The Australian Election | Feat. Tim Buckley (Energy & Finance Expert)
Director of Energy Finance Studies (Australia/South Asia), Tim Buckley has 25 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell-side perspective. Tim was a top-rated equity research analyst and has covered most sectors of the Australian economy. For many years, Tim was a managing director, head of equity research at Citigroup, as well as co-managing director of Arkx Investment Management P/L, a global listed clean energy investment company that was jointly owned by management and Westpac Banking Group.
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Contact: utopiaisnow2020@gmail.com
Tim Buckley: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-buckley-0a654313
Timestamps ______________________
0:00 - Teaser
1:01 - Introduction to Tim Buckley
7:54 - Overview of Climate Change & Finance
17:24 - Has the finance industry been moving to reflect the breakdown of the climate?
24:48 - The Economic Case for Renewables
37:11 - Is the real reason for climate inaction cognitive bias, not self-interest ?
44:48 - The Australian Election & Climate Politics 53:13 - What can we, the people, do to enact change?
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy | Prof Carl Rhodes, Litt.D
Carl is the Dean of the Business School at the University of Technology, Sydney. Carl has held professorships at Swansea University, The University of Leicester, and Macquarie University. Prior to his academic career, Carl worked in professional and senior management positions in change management and organizational development for AGL Energy, Lend Lease, Citibank and The Boston Consulting Group. Carl’s combination of senior experience in academia and the private sector provides him with a unique perspective on how business and economic activity can and should contribute to society.
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Roy Morgan Poll: https://bit.ly/3Kuvlpw
Carl Rhodes: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Carl.Rhodes
Buy the book:https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/...
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0:00 - Intro
1:50 - The Narrative of Woke Capitalism
7:07 - What is Woke Capitalism & Why is it a threat to democracy
16:06 - What is the problem with people of power intervening on issues pertaining to the public good?
21:40 - Does a truly selfless act exist?
30:47 - Game Show: Woke Or Nope?
47:14 - What is the solution? What is the Utopia?
51:28 - What can students do to avoid Woke Capitalism
56:12 - Where should the power lie? Closing Statements
How the Humanities Can Help Solve Problems | Feat. Prof Christian Madsbjerg (Founder of ReD Associates)
Christian is the co-founder of management consultancy ReD Associates & Professor of Applied Humanities at The New School and Senior Partner in Red Associates. Christian's work is based on his interest in the practical application of the Human Sciences. Christian teaches philosophy at The New School in New York City and helps out in larger organizations as an advisor.
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0:00 - Christian’s Story & His Heroes
13:44 - Heidegger, Technology & Nature
19:46 - How do we reconcile capitalist systems with the need to preserve the world?
27:03 - Human Intelligence in a world of Big Data
33:47 - The Value of the Humanities & its importance in human progress
39:05 - An Anthropologist Walks Into a Bar....
45:21 - How Anthropology can solve problems
54:03 - Social Sciences and Ignorance '
59:56 - What is Christian’s Utopia?
Mentioned
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ReD Associates
Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm by Christian Madsbjerg
The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Credits
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Thumbnail: Illustration by Tim Robinson
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
What Art & Music Can Teach us about Innovation | Feat. Michael Hendrix
How Romanticism Can Reconnect Us With the World | Joshua Krook Ph.D.
Josh is a researcher, writer, and public speaker interested in the humanities, legal education and employment policies. He has appeared as a guest on the BBC, Channel 7, ABC Radio, 2SER FM, RTR FM and spoken at TEDx. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in English, History, and Law, and also a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law and Education from the University of Adelaide. Josh also runs a YouTube channel where he shared great videos about philosophy and literature!
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Find Joshua's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEAl...
Joshua Website: https://newintrigue.com/
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Timestamps
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0:00 - Teaser
1:32 - Intro: The World According to Joshua Krook + Experiment
9:55- What is Romanticism? 19:32 - Joshua the Academic vs Joshua the Romantic
25:37 - The Confused Moral Messaging of Mythology and Narratives
32:35 -The Trifecta of Epistemology, Story Telling and Morality - How do we tie it all together?
41:55 - A Quick Pause - A Meditation on How Environments Shape Decision-Making
50:58 - Returning to the Trifecta
1:00:00 - How can we encapsulate subjective truths and stories into our conception of Justice & Morality
1:12:00 - What does Joshua's Utopia Look Like?
The Curious Case of Business Ethics | Feat. Robert Chesnut (Former General Council of AirBnB)
Rob is the former General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb. Rob is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia. He worked for 14 years with the U.S. Justice Department. In 1999, Rob left the U.S. Attorney’s Office and moved to California to become eBay’s third attorney, handling a wide variety of litigation, IP and regulatory/compliance matters for the company globally. Later in his career, Rob joined Airbnb as General Counsel in the spring of 2016, where he grew the legal team from 30 to over 150 legal professionals in 20 offices around the world.
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Find Rob & his book: https://www.intentionalintegrity.com/
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Timestamps
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0:00 - Intro
2:29 - Diogenes the Cynic and the business world
5:00 - What the hell is a Chief Ethics Officer?
10:11 - Why did Rob become a Chief Ethics Officer?
14:21 - Rob's gripes with Milton Friedman
19:13 - How Important is a motive when doing the right thing?
23:51 - Rob's definition of ethics
27:01 - To what extent do companies, like Airbnb, do the right thing as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself
29:47- Shashwats Story & the business culture of India
37:49 - Where do we draw the line and hold people accountable for ethical quandaries?
42:57 - How to create a more empathetic legal system and navigate 'grey' ethical spaces?
46:41- How do we incentive ethical leadership?
50:39 - How do we create an ethical environment?
58:24 - How can we find the courage to be ethical leaders?
1:01:15 - What is Rob's Utopia?
Mentioned
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1) Diogenes the Cynic
2) Brian Chesky
3)#MeToo Movement
4) Milton Freedman
5) Conscious Capitalism
6) Stakeholder Capitalism
7) Alex Edmans
8) Give and Take by Adam Grant
9) The Power of Ethics by Susan Liautaud
10) Gunda's (Hindi word for gangsters)
11) Free Will by Sam Harris
12) Paul Millerd
13) Mahatma Gandhi
Credits
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Cover Art: Airbnb Logo
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Corporate Sustainability & Social Good | feat. Rob Karpati
Rob Karpati is a Finance and Transformation leader who believes that social value is the starting point for business value. Rob is the VP and Strategic Transformation Leader at O Trade where social engagement turns potential conflict into collaboration, resulting in dignity for potentially at-risk communities. His role focuses on defining and leading organizational transformation in order to multiply social benefits through partnerships between his team and customers. He also integrates an analytical Finance approach, modeling the economic benefits of social engagement from the company, community, and investor points of view. Rob has been a long-term Finance leader in the multi-national corporate environment, focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over a 30+ year career. He uses finance as a business improvement ‘activator’, and has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives on overall value.
Links
Find Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-karpati-3044a85/
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Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
3:00 - Rob's Story with O Trade
6:03 - Can Mining be Sustainable?
9:30 - Corporate Social Engagement
14:10 - Finance for Social Good
16:52 - How can we be more sustainable?
20:54 - Diversity, Inclusion & Corporate Ethics
30:43 - Socially Responsible Investments
35:15 - Finding New Ways to Measure Value
39:50 - Corporate Ethics & Economics
51:36 - Rob's thoughts on the Future & Utopia
Mentioned:
1) Monica Ospina - Founder of O Trade - https://otrade.ca/monica-ospina/
2) Rebel Ideas - Book by Matthew Syed
3) Grow the Pie - Book by Alex Edmans
4) John Elkington is an author, advisor, and serial entrepreneur with an authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development.
5) Milton Friedman was an American economist and statistician
6) The Good Ancestor - Book by Roman Krznaric
Credits
Cover Art: James O'Brien
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
How Language and Relationships Can Change the World | Feat. Cheryl Kiser
Welcome to Utopia is Now.
In today's conversation, we talked to Cheryl Kiser, the executive director of the Lewis Institute for Social Innovation at Babson College. Cheryl inspires people to create a positive social impact in any role, any sector, and any community and empowers people to see the UN Global Goals as a $12 trillion market opportunity for addressing the biggest challenges of our time, such as poverty, climate action, and inequality. She is a global leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social innovation and is the author of the book Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Changemakers. Her infectious energy is sought by countless corporate executives and luminaries, so much so that she has directly influenced the strategy, operations, and mindsets of dozens of Fortune 500 companies, global NGOs, community organizations, and academic institutions.
Links
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Find Cheryl: https://bit.ly/2Wh6jWI
Cheryl's Book: https://amzn.to/3y7bUx2
Join our community: https://forms.gle/3gmq2WahzJZZ9Bny9
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Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
We were recently featured in the top 10 Utopia Podcasts in Feedspot! Check it out here: blog.feedspot.com/utopia_podcasts/
Timestamps
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0:00 - Introduction
2:54 - Cheryl's story
10:00- The evolution of business since the 1960s
21:24 - What the hell is a business?
29:19 - Return on relationships - A societal mispricing problem
46:43 - Purpose-driven value & positive-sum games
50:18 - The role of language in transforming the world
1:03:52 - Cherly's gripes with 'Utopia'
1:09:56 - What is Cherly's Utopia
1:13:27 - Wrapping up
Mentioned in this episode:
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1) The Lewis Institute for Social Innovation
2) Corporate Social Responsibility & ESG
3) Two Beats Ahead by Panos A. Panay & R. Michael Hendrix
4) Martin Buber
5) The Uncommon Table
6) Merck Pharmaceuticals
7) Alex Edmans
8) Grow the Pie by Alex Edmans
9) Good Company by Arthur Blank
10) The Naked Corporation: How the Age of Transparency Will Revolutionize Business by Don Tapscott
11) Neighbour of Choice Program
12) Terence McKenna
13) Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers by Cheryl Kiser
14) David Stangis
15) Marcel Proust
16) Eduardo Galeano
17) Khalil Gibran
Credits
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Cover Art: Henri Matisse - The Beast on The Loose
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
#Language #Relationships #Business #Utopiaisnow
Reimagining Work & Taking the Unconventional Path | feat. Paul Millerd (Ex-McKinsey, Ex-BCG)
Paul Millerd is a Curious Human & Solopreneur, Writer, Host of the Reimagine Work Podcast, Teacher at Strategy U, Independent Consultant and Adviser (for companies like VIVO, Wrangler, Russel Reynolds Associates, Good Jobs Associates among many others), and a Career Coach for people who carve their own paths beyond the default path.
In his past life, Paul worked for companies like General Electric, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and studied at the University of Connecticut and MIT.
Links:
Find Paul: think-boundless.com - the home for the creative and curious rebels carving their own path
Join our community: forms.gle/3gmq2WahzJZZ9Bny9
We were recently featured in the top 10 Utopia Podcasts in Feedspot! Check it out here: blog.feedspot.com/utopia_podcasts/
Instagram/Twitter: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
4:00 - Why did Paul leave BCG & McKinsey to live a Pathless Path?
8:05 - What path should you take in life?
11:43 - Management Consulting & what made Paul leave it?
16:30 - Paul coaches Shashwat over his career dilemma
20:33 - What do work & career REALLY mean?
30:59 - The false dichotomy of Work-Life Balance
33:58 - Traditional vs Unconventional Lifepaths
39:20 - How to embrace your weirdness and follow your heart?
46:15 - What does Paul's life look like right now?
49:58 - Philosophy of Life: Work vs Leisure
54:57 - Future of Work
58:06 - Bridging the gap between Education & Work
01:05:44 - How to find your life path?
01:09:47 - Do we owe any responsibility to our economy to continue traditional work?
01:11:48 - Paul's views on Utopias
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Alan Watts was a British writer, speaker & philosopher
- Roman Krznaric is an Australian public philosopher
- Venkatesh Rao is an Indian-American author and consultant
- Peter Albert David Singer AC is an Australian moral philosopher
- John Rawls was an American political philosopher in the liberal tradition
- Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece
- Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy
- Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher
- David J. Deming is an American Economist and Professor
- Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher
- Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature
- Ryan Bourne is a British Economist and Author who works at Cato Institute
Credits
Art Work: The Road Not Taken - Michael Cook
Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Pandemic Economics | Ryan Bourne (Economist)
Ryan Bourne is an economist and currently occupies the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at Cato Institute. Before joining Cato, Ryan was head of public policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs and Head of economic research at the Centre for Policy Studies. He holds a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is the author of the new book 'Economics in One Virus' which draws upon the dramatic events of 2020 to bring to life some of the most important principles of economic thought.
Links:
Find Ryan: www.cato.org/people/ryan-bourne
Join our community: forms.gle/3gmq2WahzJZZ9Bny9
We were recently featured in the top 10 Utopia Podcasts in Feedspot! Check it out here: blog.feedspot.com/utopia_podcasts/
Instagram/Twitter: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:22 - Who is an economist? What is their role in society?
5:02 - What does Ryan do and what motives him?
10:41 - What is Economics?
15:00 - A Glimpse of Insight into an Economic Way of Thinking
19:40 - Thinking on the Margins & Banning Things
25:00 - How to deal with Externalities?
32:38 - Economic way of thinking about Environmentalism
39:25 - Risks and Benefits of conforming to a Political Label & Ideological Framework
45:13 - What is Libertarian Economics?
49:07 - Moral Challenges against Libertarianism
58:53 - Information, Truth, Markets & Freedom
01:07:24 - Finance vs Economics
01:11:57 - GDP, Pandemic & Nature of our Economic System
01:18:09 - How to make better decisions & Ryan's Utopia
Mentioned in this Episode:
1) Peter Joseph Boettke
2) The Institute of Economic Affairs
3) The Cato Institute
4) Andrew Mark Cuomo
5) Joseph Raymond McCarthy
6) Ronald Harry Coase
7) Susan Liautaud
8) Eduardo Hughes Galeano
9) Roman Krznaric
10) Adam M. Grant
11) Michael Joseph Sandel
12) John Stuart Mill
13) Elinor Claire
14) Niall Campbell Ferguson
15) Dwight David Eisenhower
Utopias and Dystopias | Prof Weston Miller
Formerly a corporate attorney, advertising copywriter, and carpenter, Weston Miller teaches intermediate Humanities and introductory writing courses at Babson College. Specifically, he teaches a popular class on 'Utopias/Dystopias', and also the 'The Literature of Guilt'. He lives in Hyde Park, MA, with his wife. You can read more about him using the links below.
Links
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Twitter: @UtopiaIsNow
Timestamps
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0:00 - Professor Weston Miller's Story and the Pursuit of Fiction Writing
6:09 - Justice, Fairness, and Dystopia
19:16 - Who are 'The Others' and the Importance of Cognitive Diversity
24:45 - The Philosophy of Zero-Sum vs Positive-Sum Games
33:58 - Disruption and the Balance of Power
39:39 - Feminist Epistemology and Dystopia
50:24 - Is Utopia possible? A Brief Exploration
59:02 - Do we need "Losers" to motivate "Winners"
1:08:42 - Professor Miller's Utopia
Books/People Mentioned
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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Power by Naomi Alderman
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Black Mirror
Credits
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Art Work: Pablo Picasso - The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro (1909)
Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Grow the Pie - The Future of Value Creation | feat. Professor Alex Edmans, PhD
Alex Edmans is a professor of finance at London Business School and the author of the book, "Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit". He is an expert in corporate governance, executive compensation, corporate social responsibility, and behavioral finance. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum in Davos, at the World Bank Distinguished Speaker Series and in the UK House of Commons, and given multiple TED Talks. Alex graduated from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking (London) and fixed income sales and trading (New York). After a PhD in Finance from MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar, he joined Wharton in 2007 and was tenured in 2013 shortly before moving to LBS. Learn more about Alex at: alexedmans.com
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
05:51 - Laurie Hodrick's Influence on Alex
09:41 - What drives Alex as a Professor?
12:46 - Role of Technology in Dissemination of Knowledge
18:36 - About Alex's Book - Grow the Pie
21:10 - Addressing the Dilemma of Purpose vs Profits
24:23 - Short-term vs Long-term Value
29:13 - Grow the Pie Mentality for Individuals and Startups
32:25 - Using Metrics to get Feedback
37:10 - Can we rely on companies to stay committed? (Corporate Ethics)
45:18 - What does Alex's Utopia look like?
Mentioned in the Podcast:
1) Laurie Simon Hodrick is a Visiting Professor of Law and Rock Center for Corporate Governance Fellow at Stanford Law School, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emerita of Economics in the Faculty of Business at Columbia Business School.
2) 10 Questions: www.ft.com/content/c5c386a8-64fb-11e0-9369-00144feab49a
3) Mathew Syed - Matthew Syed is an author and highly acclaimed speaker in the field of high performance. He has written six bestselling books on the subject of mindset and high performance – Rebel Ideas, Bounce, Black Box Thinking – and has worked with many leading organizations to build a mindset of continuous improvement.
4) Quantified Self Revolution - The Quantified Self is an international community of users and makers of self-tracking tools who share an interest in “self-knowledge through numbers." quantifiedself.com
5) Merck & Co., Inc - d.b.a. Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada, is an American multinational pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.
6) Unilever - Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, England, and Rotterdam, Netherlands.
7) Paul Polman - Paulus Polman is a Dutch businessman. He is a former Procter & Gamble president for Western Europe. In 2006 Polman joined Nestlé as chief financial officer and became vice president for the Americas in February 2008
8) Alan Jope - Alan Jope is a Scottish businessman, and the CEO of Unilever since January 2019, succeeding Paul Polman.
9) Roy Vagelos - Pindaros Roy Vagelos, better known as P. Roy Vagelos or Roy Vagelos, is an American physician and business executive, who was president and chief executive officer and chairman of the American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Since 1995, Vagelos has served as chairman of the board of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Why is Utopia Now? | feat. Alex Canadell
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:28 - Alex and the origin of 'Utopia is Now'
03:27 - What is Utopia?
06:23 - Shouldn't we keep our focus on more pressing short-term goals, rather than a long-term utopia?
12:15 - Climate change, Patagonia, Greenwashing and Corporate Ethics
19:07 - False Marketing, Social Media & Need for Decentralized Data-Driven Solutions & the Truth
25:43 - Why big data isn't the complete solution to reduce poor decision-making
32:57 - Education, Conditioning, Life and the Importance of Safety & Storytelling
49:51 - Why is Utopia now? Physics, Reality, Religion
01:02:05 - Alex's Utopian Idea: Profits, Passion, Purpose
Books/People Mentioned
1) 'Utopia' by Thomas More
2) Steven Pinker: Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.
3) 'Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress' by Steven Pinker
4) The Paris Agreement
5) Hans Rosling: Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker.
6) Richard Layard: British labour economist, currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics
7) 'Can We Be Happier? Evidence and Ethics' by Richard Layard
8) 'Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think' by Anna, Ola & Hans Rosling
9) Patagonia: Inc. is an American clothing company that markets and sells outdoor clothing
10) Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School.
11) Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit Book by Alex Edmans
12) James Clear: Author of the NYT bestseller, Atomic Habits (atomichabits.com)
13) Daniel Kahneman: is an Israeli psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
14) 'Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success' Book by Matthew Syed
15) Derek Black: a former American white supremacist, son of the founder of the Stormfront online community and godson of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke.
16) Experiential learning: a process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as "learning through reflection on doing".
17) 'Sapiens; A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari
18) Waldorf education, aka, Steiner education: based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy.
19) Rudolf Steiner: was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant
20) How creating an environment that allows for mistakes creates success (wired.co.uk)
21) Quote by Eduardo Geleano
Music Credits: A journey through the universe = Lesion X
What is 'Utopia is Now'?
'Utopia is Now' is a trans-disciplinary community dedicated to having deep discussions to stimulate and challenge our views on the world. Our goal is to reorient our focus to a better future while being in the here and now. This community is for curious minds who strongly feel a sense of duty to enact change.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
6:40 The Status Quo - Intergenerational Conflicts & Dualities
10:05 Transdisciplinarity
13:00 Dualities, Non-Duality, Yin & Yang
15:05 Diversity in Perspectives, Thoughts, and People
17:28 Utopia, the Truth & Transdisciplinarity
20:17 The Issue/Problem at Hand
21:57 Short Term vs Long Term (Acorns vs Marshmallows)
24:58 Why the Human Condition limits us & our decision making
28:51 Future vs Now (The Paradox)
35:51 How to thrive: Futurism & Self-Transcendence as a means to Find a Purpose
40:55 Who this podcast is for & finding our Telos
42:40 Finding our Flow together through this Community & Taoism
49:43 What can you expect from us?
52:00 How we will create and become Art
54:52 Wrapping Up
Books/People Mentioned
1) "The Good Ancestor" by Roman Krazniac (www.romankrznaric.com/good-ancestor)
2) Transdisciplinarity by Jean Piaget (www.researchgate.net/figure/The-term-transdisciplinarity-was-coined-by-Jean-Piaget-in-the-1970s-to-describe_fig1_51492293)
3) Quote on Jason Silva (www.wise-qatar.org/biography/jason-silva/)
4) "Power of Now" by Ekhart Tolle (www.goodreads.com/book/show/6708.The_Power_of_Now)
5) Sam Harris (samharris.org) & Russell Brand (russellbrand.com) - on Being in the Present
6) Dr Bradford Skow on Time (www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2932870/Is-future-decided-New-theory-time-suggests-past-present-future-exist-universe.html)
7) Abraham Maslow's Updated Hierarchy of Needs (bigthink.com/personal-growth/maslow-self-transcendence)
8) "Telos" - Aristotle (philosophyterms.com/telos/)
9) "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow)
10) "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu (www.goodreads.com/book/show/67896.Tao_Te_Ching) 11) "Range" by David Epstein (www.goodreads.com/book/show/41795733-range)
12) "Art" Illustration by Van James (vanjames.smugmug.com/)
13) Quote on "Find the Others" - Timothy Leary (www.goodreads.com/quotes/514216-admit-it-you-aren-t-like-them-you-re-not-even-close)
Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X