Foreclosing on the Frackers: Coronavirus and the Future of Energy (Episode 21 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
In the last episode Asher, Rob, and Jason discussed the danger of political denial and delusion limiting how well we respond to the climate crisis. This week we address the risk that another “d”--distraction--will keep us from recognizing the...
Pandemic Response Requires Post-Growth Economic Thinking
Amid a horrific human tragedy of sickness and death, much of it taking place in hospitals staffed by brave but overworked and under-equipped doctors and nurses, we are all learning once again what it feels like when economic growth...
Delusion to the Left, Denial to the Right (Episode 20 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
In this episode, Asher, Rob, and Jason examine how both ends of the political spectrum are getting it wrong, and propose how we can start a new conversation. And it doesn’t even have to involve your family disease...
The Earth Is Telling Us We Must Rethink Our Growth Society
Surely it is within our collective imagination to socially construct a system of globally networked but self-reliant national economies that better serve the needs of a smaller human family. The ultimate goal of economic planning everywhere must now turn...
I Can’t Drive… 35! The Rationale for Rationing (Episode 19 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
Drop the hoarding mentality, break out your coupon book, and engage your sense of fairness as Crazy Town explores the rationale behind rationing.
2020: When the Great Disruption Began
COVID-19 is just like a match thrown on a tinder dry forest floor on a hot windy day and starting a wildfire. The match isn’t the key – it’s where it lands.
Coronavirus and the Three Bears (Episode 18 of Crazy Town)
Asher Miller Jason Bradford Rob Dietz
Here at Crazy Town headquarters, we’ve been calling for pretty drastic changes to the economy to make it fair, resilient, and sustainable. But changes don’t materialize just because you want them--usually you need a crisis to get people thinking...
Nafeez Ahmed on Synchronous Failure and Post-Pandemic Systems Change
As the pandemic grows, governments and communities are not only struggling to minimize loss of life and protect our fragile healthcare and economic systems, they are wrestling with questions about how we can recover when this storm eventually passes....
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...