Ep 187  |  Nate Hagens

Towards Individual Wisdom and Restraint

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In this presentation, recorded earlier this year, Nate offers nine broad paths for individuals to cultivate resilience in an increasingly uncertain and unstable period of human history. From the intellectual & ecological to the spiritual & psychological, these ideas might be considered waypoints for navigating the human predicament, and – in aggregate – help build ‘scout teams’ of humans working on the upcoming cultural transition away from infinite material expansion.

How do we slow down and reject the “hustle culture” that prioritizes gains in efficiency, wealth and consumption over all else? How do we maximize the positive impacts and minimize the negative effects we have on the environment around us? What should we do today to plant the seeds of a future we’d like to see, or would like generations beyond us to see?

Changing the future starts with changing our relationship with today. This may first require being more reflective and realistic about our own relationship with the human predicament – and embracing the uncertainty of what’s ahead. Perhaps if we’re able to redefine ‘individual sovereignty’ in these hyper individualistic times, towards different attitudes, rituals and behaviors, we can act as seeds of something helpful to the future of humanity and the biosphere.

In French, we have a motto that says that a simple drawing is often better than a long explanation. Jean-Marc Jancovici Carbone 4 President

That’s very understandable because with left atmosphere thinking, one of the problems is that you see everything as a series of problems that must have solutions. Iain McGilchrist Neuroscientist and Philosopher

We can’t have hundreds and hundreds of real relationships that are healthy because that requires time and effort and full attention and awareness of being in real relationship and conversation with the other human. Nate Hagens Director of ISEOF

This is the crux of the whole problem. Individual parts of nature are more valuable than the biocomplexity of nature. Thomas Crowther Founder Restor

Show Notes & Links to Learn More

00:08 – The Metacrisis (TGS Ep 42 Daniel Schmachtenberger)

02:18 – Energy Blind (TGS Movie)

02:35 – Carbon Pulse (Frankly 44 “The Many Shapes of the Carbon Pulse)

03:36 – Population & Consumption 

04:02 – Fish Swimming Polewards 

04:09 – Microplastics in Our Brains

04:10  – Decline in Species

05:33 – Murmuration

06:28 – The Superorganism (TGS Movie), Economics for the Future – beyond the Superorganism

07:54 – AI Artificial Intelligence 

08:31 – Green Growth

08:41 – Mordor Economy

09:00 – Post-Growth

09:04 – The Great Simplification Podcast

09:08 – Mad Max Movies

09:44 – Six Continent Supply Chain

10:02 – Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, Biodiversity Loss

11:10 – Mitochondria

11:19 – William Rees-Mogg, James Dale Davidson

11:22 – The Sovereign Individual

11:32 – Bitcoin

11:56 – Reductionist, Wide Boundary 

12:43 – Biophysical Microeconomics

14:47 – Microbiome

14:57 – Limbic System

15:35 – Dopamine, Serotonin, Oxytocin

16:19 – Vagus Nerve

17:51 – Audrey Tang, TGS Podcast Ep 169 Audrey Tang

18:45 – Cognitive Load

19:50 – Metacognition

21:27 – Web of Life

22:47 – Depression, Recession

23:38 – Jean-Marc Jancovici, TGS Podcast Eps 84 & 175 Jean-Marc Jancovici

23:58 – Sobriété

25:31 – Frankly 65 “And Then What? Using Wide Boundary Lenses  

26:54 – Frankly 69 “Goldilocks Technology

35:21 – TGS Franklys, Frankly 79 “The Biggest Takeaways from the Logic of the Superorganism

36:18 – Ecological Overshoot

39:27 – DJ White, TGS Podcast Ep 51 DJ White

40:05 – EarthTrust Dolphin Drive Kills

40:13 – Dredging of Oceans

40:18 – Starkist Tuna and Dolphins

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