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'Utopia is Now' is a transdisciplinary 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 any curious mind who strongly feels a sense of duty to enact change.
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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-rotmanSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9JrInstagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps____________________0:00 - Teaser1:34 - Our minds handle risk strangely – and that’s partly why we delayed climate action so long12:46 - What is motivated reasoning and why is it crucial to understand?22:18 - Group identity and survival33:07 - Us vs. them morality, selective reasoning, and green beard traits46:19 - 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 solutions1:09:28 - The one marketing insight that everyone should know1:12:50 - What is Jeff’s Utopia?Credits____________________Thumbnail: HeadshotMusic: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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Dr Robin Lamboll researches what humans emit into our atmosphere, what effects it will have on us, and what we can do about it. Robin completed a PhD in the physics of solar cells at the University of Cambridge, modeling the behavior of new designs of solar cells, and has an MSci in Natural Sciences from Cambridge. Robin has previously worked as a quantitative consultant and successfully represented the UK in multiple international poetry slams.Links_______________________ Robin Lamboll: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.lambollSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZGoogle Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9JrInstagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow Timestamps____________________0:00 - Teaser0:59 - 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 science10:14 - Robin’s research on the latest carbon budget13:39 - 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 budget27:05 - The curious effect of dust and aerosols on global temperatures35:31 - What are tipping points and why are they critical to the climate discourse41:23 - What is the punchline of Robin's research?Credits____________________Thumbnail: HeadshotMusic: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X#carbonbudget #climatechange #climateaction--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/utopia-is-now/message
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.
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0:00 - Teaser1:06 - Introduction13:30 - 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 solutions28:13 - 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 environmentalism50:41 - The importance of culture, art, and literature in creating change58:19 - 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
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
ecology #climatechange #india
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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.
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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
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liberalism #climatechange #freedom
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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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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
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Dr Eshana Bragg is an ecopsychologist with over 30 years of experience in the field. Her research into the psychological relationship between people and nature includes investigating the psychological benefits of experiences in nature; the concept of "ecological self" or "ecological identity"; the efficacy of environmental programs; and the influence of "sense of place" on action for sustainability.
Links _____________________ The Joyality Project: www.joyality.org Jagera EcoCommunity: www.ecocommunity.org.au Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jkFkD3 Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3A4PPjZ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2SwB9Jr Instagram/Twitter/Linkedin: @utopiaisnow
Timestamps ____________________ 0:00 - Intro & Eshana’s Story 10:21 - What is Eco-Psychology & Deep Ecology? 19:20 - What are the psychological impacts on people due to the Anthropocene? 24:24 - Window of Tolerance - Meditation Practice 29:08 - What is currently missing from the ecological crisis discourse? 34:21 - How can we develop a more sustainable relationship with the natural world? 42:30 - How can we grieve through the Anthropocene? 57:37 - Are there people inherently indifferent to environmental destruction (EcoPaths)? 1:01:05 - What is Eshana’s Utopia
Credits ____________________ Thumbnail: Headshot Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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_____________________0:49 - Introduction to Rodolfo Dirzo8:39 - Defaunation & Global Trends in Animal declining populations15:13 - What is ecology?18:12 - Risks of declining animal populations27:49 - The Wolves in Yellowstone - Theory of trophic cascading34:24 - A slight digression on COVID-19 & Animal Trafficking38:42 - What is the sixth extinction & why is it significant?45:40 - What are the causes of the sixth impact?54:25 - Why Biological Loss is just as critical, if not more critical, as Climate Change1:05:21 - What can we learn from the previous mass extinctions?1:08:10 - What can we do to mitigate biodiversity loss?1:17:53 - Rodolfo’s Utopia
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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_____________________0:00 - Teaser1:14 - A Quick Story & Introduction to Lionel Page8:48 - Rationality & Emotions30:54 - Evolutionary Psychology & Being Optimally Irrational50:52 - 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
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Ben Newell Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Deputy Head of School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales. Ben’s research focuses on the cognitive processes underlying judgment, choice and decision making, and the application of this knowledge to environmental, medical, financial and forensic contexts. He is the lead author of Straight Choices: The Psychology of Decision Making. He is on the Editorial Boards of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Thinking & Reasoning, Decision, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making and Experimental Psychology.
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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.
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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)
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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Matthew T. Huber is Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He is the author of Lifeblood: Oil, Freedom and the Forces of Capital and Climate Change as Class War.
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0:00 Climate Change as Class War
9:35 - Class Politics, Marxist Thought & Climate Change
19:35 - What are the reasons for failing to focus on the Capitalist Class as largely responsible for the climate crisis?
27:11 - The Professional Class & The Working Class
35:46 - Hubris, humiliation & political disenfranchisement
48:07 - How do we appeal to working-class voters?
57:29 - How Socialism can save the planet
1:10:12 - Criticisms of Degrowth
1:18:13 - Matt Huber’s Utopia
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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. 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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David Karoly: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/67077-david-karoly
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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?
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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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0:00 - Who is Rob?
1:36 - Who are Artisanal Miners and what is their Story?
5:26 - What materials/minerals are mined by Artisinal Miners and how does it impact the Global North
9:42 - What are the characteristics of artisanal miners?
13:30 - Where are Artisinal Miners mainly located?
15:16 - What is the day-to-day life of an artisanal miner?
30:58 - How can the artisanal mining industry be formalised?
34:45 - Does formalisation of work really provide workers with dignity?
42:09 - Is growth in key mineral extraction positively correlated with negative impacts on artisinal miners?
46:31- Can we improve the standards of Artisanal Miners without having the need to have shareholders of mining firms profiteering?
52:34 - What can people do to help artisanal miners?
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Thumbnail: Illustration by Pola Maneli
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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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Gordon Menzies: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/gordon.me...
Buy Western Fundamentalism: https://bit.ly/3HaqUl0
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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?
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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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Post-Growth Institute: https://www.postgrowth.org/
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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 Non-For-Profit Business & Mutual Banks
26:44 - The Tyranny of Number
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?
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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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Jacqui Ewart: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/18772...
Jacqui's Twitter: @jacquiewart
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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?
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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?
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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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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Tim's Website: https://timotheeparrique.com/
Tim's Twitter: @timparrique
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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?
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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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Kate Crowley: https://twitter.com/Kate__Crowley
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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?
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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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Tim Buckley: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-buckley-0a654313
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Michael Hendrix is an American graphic designer and entrepreneur. He is also the Partner and the Global Design Director of IDEO, a leading design consulting firm, where he practices brand strategy, creative direction, and graphic design. Michael also teaches entrepreneurship at the Berklee College of Music, where is also a co-founder of the Open Music Initiative, a program of the Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro/Context 3:15 - Starting as an Artist 10:20 - Listening to find Artistic Inspiration 18:05 - Communication 26:16 - Collaboration 38:15 - Playing Together: Childlike vs Adult 44:02 - Beatles, Business & Leadership 51:00 - Creating Spaces for Creativity 59:25 - Making WFH (Zoom) more Creative 1:08:14 - Michael’s Utopia Mentioned: Desmond Child - American Songwriter Björk - Icelandic Singer-Songwriter Ramones - Band You Give Love a Bad Name - Song by Bon Jovi - American Rock Band Hide & Seek - Song by Imogen Heat - British Singer Rick Rubin - American Record Producer Justin Timberlake - American singer-songwriter
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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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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?
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Suet Koon Lai, widely known as Koon, is the Director of PwC Australia and leads the transformation of PwC Assurance target operating model. She is known by senior leadership in the firm as the trusted go-to strategic advisor on the transformation of client service delivery operating model. She empowers others through her leadership style so that they can operate at a high standard of performance with integrity. Over the last 12 months, she has rapidly grown a following of more than 20,000 people from around the world under the #careerhack with a viewership of over 3 million. In that time she has authored over 250 stories on leadership, management, diversity & inclusion.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:30 - Briefing our New Experiment
5:06 - Getting to Know Koon on a Personal Level
9:50 - Discussing Childhood Stories
13:09 - Fostering Imagination for Children
20:29 - How to nurture employees like children?
26:30 - Redefining Corporate Culture
31:29 - How to align and foster values in large companies?
43:03 - Re-defining Leadership
54:46 - Future of Leadership, Organizations & Careers
1:11:48 - Future of Society
1:16:21 - Koon's Utopia
1:19:47 - Koon's Plug
1:20:31 - Final Comments
1:23:50 - Reflection Questions
Mentioned
1) Simon Sinek
2) Leaders Eat Last - Book by Simon Sinek on Servant Leadership
3) Brené Brown
4) Naval Ravikant
5) Taoism
6) 7 Sins
7) Black Box Thinking - Book by Matthew Syed
Credits
Cover Art: Suet Koon Lai Headshot
Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
leadership #corporatecultures #pwc
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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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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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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Music: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
Language #Relationships #Business #Utopiaisnow
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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Kellen is a student, entrepreneur, actor, and comedian dedicated to telling stories and learning about others. In this podcast, Kellen and Shashwat discuss the role of expectations in our everyday life, finding amusement in the absurdity of life, finding the courage to experiment, alongside various philosophical tangents.
Links
Kellen's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gravitys-not-real/id1448172943
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:55 - Keller’s Story
3:12 - Gravity’s Not Real
7:11 - Finding Amusement in Absurdity
12:57 - What Motivates Kellen?
15:50 - Kellen’s Social Experiments and Experiences
26:00 - Where to find the courage to experiment
38:24 - Subverting Expectations
41:43 - Purposeful Purposelessness & Immanuel Kant
48:40 - Kellen’s actions: Treating action as ends in themselves or consequentialist reasoning
53:47 - Kellen’s Utopia
Mentioned in this Episode
Immanuel Kant
John Mulaney
George Carlin
Aldous Huxley
Credits
Art Work: Pablo Picasso - The Weeping Women (1909)
Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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.
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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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Music Credits: A Journey Through The Universe – Lesion X
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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.
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In this episode, we explore the question: how do we optimize the human experience and create balance in our lives? We discussed topics such as success, passions, struggles, being in the present, and creating better life experiences overall.
Ryan is a current undergraduate student at Babson College and owner of Grow Your Ohana: a social media marketing agency that helps businesses involved in revolutionizing Hawaii's local economy. Ryan loves learning, creating, and training, and spends his time doing things like coding, reading, writing, swimming, and thinking. Learn more about Ryan here: ryancombes.com
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Timestamps/Chapters
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0:00: How to Optimise the Human Experience?
5:56: Principle 1: Iterate your Definition of Success
19:08: Principle 2: Surrender to the Now
40:23: Principle 3: Be Respectfully Curious and Question your Motives
1:08:15: Principle 4: Embrace Humility
1:27:11: What does Ryan's Utopia look like?
Books/People Mentioned
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Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
Derek Sivers: Derek Sivers is an American writer, musician, programmer, and entrepreneur, best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians.
Scott Adams: Scott Raymond Adams is an American artist and creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. His Dilbert series came to national prominence through the downsizing period in 1990s America and was then distributed worldwide.
Tim Ferriss: Timothy Ferriss is an American entrepreneur, investor, author, and lifestyle guru.
Range by David Epstein
Immanuel Kant: Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy.
The Kingdom of Ends: The Kingdom of Ends is a thought experiment centered on the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Kant introduced the concept in his Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals. The thought experiment proposes a world in which all human beings are treated as ends, not as mere means to an end for other people.
Man Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Elizabeth Lesser: Elizabeth Lesser is the co-founder and senior adviser of Omega Institute, the largest adult education center in the United States focusing on health, wellness, spirituality and creativity.
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Oussama Wadani is a creative mind who is artistically inclined, passionate about photography, dancing, writing; painting, music, and natural lighting.
In this episode, we asked the questions: What is the greatest mystery/unknown to mankind? What is death? What is life? How are you living your life? What are you living it for?
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to Death: Unknowns & Fears
4:46 Mystery of Consciousness, Socrates' Apology, Life after Death
7:24 Secularism, Religion, Morality
9:48 Afterlife: Searching for the Truth through Religion vs Atheism as a spectrum
12:21 Parallels between Sleep & Death as a form of Surrender
14:30 DMT, Melatonin, Death & Sleep, Surrendering vs Discipline - Liminality
17:26 Dreaming, Mini-Deaths & Nature of Reality
28:39 Overcoming the Fear of Death
30:12 Stoic take on Death & Need to Extending Life
34:51 Death, Fear, Religion & Ritualized Surrender
38:15 Marcus Aurelius' Meditations on Death - Being Forgotten
41:04 Can we truly be forgotten? Memory, Life, and Death - 3rd Law of thermodynamics
43:30 Eternalizing the self - Legacy - Entropy - Existential Questions of Life: Soft/Optimistic Nihilism
47:30 Greatness is not wanting to leave a legacy
49:25 Immanuel Kant: Motivations, Teleology & Legacy
51:22 Buddhist Meme
52:44 Legacy, Transcending the Human Body, Technology & Music & VR
57:40 Technological Utopia vs Dystopia - Black Mirror - San Junipero
1:00:52 Technology, Legacy, Human Agency, Death & Life & Philosophy
1:07:23 Connecting it all: Unknown Unknowns - Pursuit of Truth
1:11:30 Hedonism, Pursuit of Extreme Pleasure vs Health - Oscillating between Dualities
1:16:57 Reconciling the Paradoxity & Finding the Meaning of Life
1:20:13 The Churning of the Ocean of Milk: Hindu Mythology & Co-Existence of Contraries
1:22:27 Life before Life: Ouss' Mom's Story 1:28:24 Getting over Fear: Life before and after Death
1:30:18 Cyclical Nature of Reality: Daoism & Water Cycle
1:32:00 Where did we come from?
1:36:55 What are the implications of this conversation? Now what?
1:45:20 What does Ouss' Utopia look like?
1:54:45 Closing Thoughts
People/Literature Mentioned:
1) Socrates
2) Nitzche - 'God is Dead'
3) Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime & Punishment
4) Dr. Rick Strassman
5) Andy Clark & David Chalmers
6) Kevin Kelly
7) Black Mirror: San Junipero
8) Søren Kierkegaard
9) Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
10) Joseph Cambell
11) Albert Einstein - 3rd law of thermodynamics - conservation of energy
12) Buddha
13) Immanuel Kant
14) George Orwell
15) Rudolf Steiner
16) Alain De Botton - How Proust Can Change Your Life
17) Marcel Proust
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Akoua is a technology enthusiast, particularly with the application of predictive analytics and modeling in finance and business. She is also a curious mind that loved to read, learn and discuss philosophical ideas.
Timestamps:
0:00 Akoua's Story: Recognising Ignorance, Pursuit of Knowledge & Human Progress
9:04 How do we deal with Imperfect Technologies?
13:07 Technology as a double-edged sword & a Skeptic view of a Utopia
21:27 Perfectionism vs Imperfection(ism)
30:17 AI, Autonomous Vehicles & Ethics
38:45 Merging the Boundaries between Humans & Technologies
48:19 Human Dependence on Technologies
55:44 Power Dynamics, Decentralization, Blockchain & Balancing Dualities
1:09:36 Akoua's Vision of a Utopia
1:17:00 Final Thoughts
People/Movies Mentioned:
1) Steven Pinker
2) Jason Silva quoting Matt Ridley
3) Elon Musk: Tesla & Neuralink
4) Socrates
5) Seneca: On the Shortness of Life
6) The Social Dilemma
7) The Terminator
A question we were left with to ponder upon: How can technology be used to enable the synchronization and connection with the inner world, to enable holistically human development?
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Kate is a law graduate at the University of Technology Sydney. Her interests range from law, management consulting, psychology, and philosophy.
Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 - Introduction & The Panopticon Effect
14:47 - Pursuing your passion vs pursuing a profession
21:05 - New economic system of valuation: is there a better way to value professions?
28:45 - Thoughts from a "disappointed idealist" on Utopia
32:43 - Alternate political structures for the future
39:46 - Skepticism, anti-intellectualism and the COVID-19 Vaccine
47:40 - How can we create an assembly for fair, intellectual discussion
53:17 - Shashwat & Kate roleplay - Do vaccines work?
1:04:14 - Kate's Utopian future as a Law graduate
1:10:33 - Do corporations have the capacity to help us achieve a Utopia?
1:16:29 - What can we (everyday people) do to enact change?
1:20:37 - Final thoughts
Books/People Mentioned:
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The Panopticon Effect -2. Flow By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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How Proust Can Change Your Life - Alain de Botton
4.Marcel Proust - Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu,, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century
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The Value of Everything - Mariana Mazzucato
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The Good Ancestor - Roman Krznaric
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Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari
Socrates - Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
- The Dialogues of Plato by Plato
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Biel Casals is a Data Science student at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. His interests range from everything technology-related to economics, biohacking, and philosophy. He is also a fitness freak and DJ in his spare time.
Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 - Introduction & the utility of podcasts
06:04 - Biel's story
12:25 - Identity, self-improvement and the pursuit of an ideal
19:05 - Systems thinking & marginal gains
26:02 - The interconnection between future technology & self-improvement
31:36 - Economic efficiency & the struggle to find balance
37:12 - How can we reach the 'Truth'? Thoughts from a data-science student
56:34 - How concepts and language affect our reality
1:05:37 - Bio-hacking, nootropics and the limitations of the human condition
1:19:06 - The future of the human experience & consciousness
1:29:18 - Thoughts on Utopia & the future
1:49:47 - Final thoughts
Books/People Mentioned
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'Utopia' by Thomas Moore
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Lex Fridman (https://www.youtube.com/user/lexfridman) - is an AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond. Teaching: deeplearning.mit.edu.
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Richard Dawkins - "Memes"
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'Atomic Habits' by James Clear
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Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian-born political philosopher and cultural critic. He was described by British literary theorist, Terry Eagleton, as the “most formidably brilliant” recent theorist to have emerged from Continental Europe.
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Slavoj Žižek - "What is nature"? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGeDAZ6-q4)
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Terence Mckenna was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants.
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Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review. He has also been a writer, photographer, conservationist, and student of Asian and digital culture
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Kevin Kelly's "Technium" (https://palladiummag.com/2020/12/10/kevin-kelly-on-why-technology-has-a-will/)
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Andy Clark and David Chalmers - "The Extended Mind" (https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/concepts/clark.html)
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Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test
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Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation, and sociality
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How do individuals from completely different backgrounds arrive at similar conclusions? We explore this in further detail by looking back in time into Xavier and Shashwat's stories.
Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
2:25 - About Xavier, his interests, and his introduction to growing up in India
5:31 - About Shashwat, his interests, and his initial foundations
9:41 - Acceptance, flow, and culture - Xavier's Upbringing in India.
27:43 - Culture, language, and its impacts
31:15 - Shashwat's story and experience with the Waldorf Education system
45:10 - Are Steiner schools the answer to some of the education systems failures?
51:46 - Dynamic Contraries
55:43 - Xavier's metamorphosis and experience in alternate education
01:07:46 - Shashwat's Metamorphosis
01:17:57 - Diploma in Experiential Education & Practice (DEEP)
1:23:20 - How our stories bring us to this point right now
1:34:49 - So What? How our stories bring us to the idea of Utopia
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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
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'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
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