The 20 Control Knobs for a Post-Growth Future

(Recorded June 26 2024)

Description

In this week’s Frankly, Nate shares twenty different things to expect in the future, some which will be extremely difficult to influence but others which are in our control to change.  From the forecast of an increasingly hotter planet due to the Superorganism’s insatiable appetite for fossil-carbon energy to a world of growing conflict and inequality, our tendencies are to despair and feel a loss of control.  Will moving from a world of consumption and power defined by money and social status and away from apathy and isolation be possible?  What if we purposefully turn the ‘control knobs’ in our own lives to shift how we approach a post-growth future by embracing reality – instead of unrealistic tech solutions – redirecting our focus towards deeper interconnection with community and local systems? Which control knobs might we turn to fill our hearts and lives with goodness, awe and wonder?

Show Notes

00:00 – El Niño

00:00 – Saudi Arabia deaths from heat

00:00 – Heading towards multipolar world

00:00 – What’s happening in Israel 

00:00 – United States debt

00:00 – 1000x larger economy today than in 1500

00:00 – AI and inequality

00:00 – Riots in Kenya

00:00 – Carbon pulse

00:00 – Complex supply chains

00:00 – Multipolar world

00:00 – Packers vs Bears

00:00 – Discount rates

00:00 – US GDP to healthcare industry

00:00 – Ukraine, Syria, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Afghanistan

00:00 – 70% of energy and money go towards consumption

00:00 – Dopamine

00:00 – Baseload

00:00 – The Hobbit

00:00 – The Dawn of Everything, David Wengrow, David Graeber

00:00 – Population of 8 billion

00:00 – Johan Rockström

00:00 – Holocene