Crazy Town
With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves.
Crazy Town
Bonus: Vanilla Andreessen, Pygmy Marmosets, and Hi-Tech Delusions
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Post Carbon Institute: Sustainability, Climate, Collapse, and Dark Humor
The most vomit-inducing document of 2023 has to be the "Techno-Optimist Manifesto," written (oh so obviously) by a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist. Join Jason, Rob, and Asher if you feel like sharing in some outrage and learning about a WAY better manifesto that just so happens to focus on the world's smallest monkeys.
Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.
References:
- Marc Andreessen's horrifying "Techno-Optimist Manifesto"
- Peer-reviewed paper featuring Jason's far superior "Dehumanist Manifesto"
- Description of the pygmy marmoset
- The idea of Beth Sawin's Multisolving Institute
- The dark triad -- narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy
- The original paper on the taxonomy of Phalse Prophets
- Article by Richard Heinberg about free will.
