The runway to The Great Simplification just got a lot shorter. The Ukraine situation -among other things -will narrow the wide chasm between the financial economy and the biophysical one. A thread ==> 1/n 2/n Our culture is hella dependent on: 1) cheap high quality energy at scale, 2) cheap credit at scale, 3) complexity/six continent supply chain, and 4) global trust. In best case, we will soon recognize and understand these ‘subsidies’. In worst, they shrink/disappear.

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After building this synthesis over 20 years, I still don't KNOW what we as society should do, but offer these directional insights and suggestions from recent Earth Day talk conclusion. (Each link is 1-3 minutes).

Choreography of risks

We face sequential and interrelated risks. While energy and climate will be biggest drivers of human futures this century, they will likely not be in top 5 in next decade. #SystemsBlind

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Below is a summary from my recent talk on 33 core beliefs prevalent in modern culture contrasted with our underlying biophysical realities.

NB: This was intended to be as a single presentation but am posting each segment separately here.

Table of Contents & time stamps.