The 10,000-Mile Cod and Insane Global Trade (Episode 16 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
With coronavirus prompting a slowdown in global trade, it’s all the more critical to find a different way forward. Thankfully, Asher, Rob, and Jason have a few ideas about how to have fun while building a resilient local economy.
An Overview of the Systemic Implications of the Coronavirus
Let’s create a living open source project—where collective intelligence informs near and intermediate term mitigation, one that helps us as a culture navigate the narrow path between fantasy and doom. When we see gasoline this summer under $1 per...
How Does Pandemic Change the Big Picture?
Will future generations look back on the coronavirus pandemic as a blip or a game changer? Let’s review a few of the major trends that developed during the Anthropocene and engage in a little informed speculation about how they...
Like Previous Pandemics, COVID-19 Will Shape the Fates of Nations
The ways that nations respond to the pandemic today will largely determine their fortunes and fates over the next couple of decades at least, and perhaps beyond. Nations that are more successful at controlling the disease and minimizing fatalities...
Take One for the Team: Weathering the COVID-19 Storm with Altruism
We can’t predict how this will all turn out, but acting altruistically has one surefire outcome: your future self will take comfort knowing that there are people who survived because of your choice to put others first today. So...
Leslie Davenport on staying sane amid coronavirus craziness
I don’t know about you, but the never-ending stream of worrying news about the coronavirus and social distancing are taking a toll on my psyche. So I reached out to the delightful Leslie Davenport—a licensed psychotherapist who I got...
The Long and Shart of Extreme Travel (Episode 15 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
Coronavirus has put the kibosh on frivolous travel for the moment, but we might want to do some reflecting before returning to business as usual. Prior to the outbreak, you were constantly told to put on your traveling shoes,...
Uncharted Territory: Nate Hagens on coronavirus and the economy
We at Post Carbon Institute have been closely monitoring the global COVID-19 pandemic and encouraging our staff, volunteers, and broader community to take great caution and practice social distancing. But that doesn’t mean we should disengage. Our team at...
Coronavirus, economic networks, and social fabric
The COVID-19 pandemic offers intriguing insights into how networked our modern world has become, and how we’ve traded resilience for economic efficiency. Case in point: someone gets sick in China in December of 2019, and by March of 2020...
Bill and Lou’s Not So Excellent Adventure (Episode 14 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
It’s easy to picture a group of social justice and environmental activists gathering in a circle. But these days, instead of holding hands and singing songs, they’re loading weapons and taking aim. Ahhhhh, the carnage! Why are progressives so...