FOUNDATION, Deep Adaptation, and Real-Life Hari Seldons

Content Warnings: Extreme climate change, Ecological/societal collapse, Natural disasters, Hurricanes (loss of shelter, power), Past personal crises

 

Spoiler Warning: FOUNDATION S1 E1, “The Emperor’s Peace” (No spoilers before the 2:00 time mark and after the 6:00 time mark)

 

LINKS

 

Deep Adaptation: Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos (the best single source to understand Deep Adaptation)

https://amzn.to/3qEJidu

 

"Deep adaptation: A map for navigating climate tragedy" (the paper mentioned in this episode)

https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf

 

Article criticizing the Deep Adaptation paper & movement

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/faulty-science-doomism-and-flawed-conclusions-deep-adaptation/

 

Professor Jem Bendell’s response to the article above

https://jembendell.com/2020/07/15/letter-to-deep-adaptation-advocate-volunteers-about-misrepresentations-of-the-agenda-and-movement/

 

“To criticize Deep Adaptation, start here”

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/criticise-deep-adaptation-start-here/

 

Prof. Bendell’s general response to overall criticism

https://jembendell.com/2020/02/27/the-worst-argument-to-try-to-win-response-to-criticism-of-the-climate-science-in-deep-adaptation/

 

How to Talk About Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference, by Dr. Rebecca Huntley

https://amzn.to/3cuCo2i

 

"Does hope inspire more action on climate action than fear? We don't know"

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/12/5/16732772/emotion-climate-change-communication

 

“Does anticipating the possibility of collapse motivate prosocial behaviors?”

http://iflas.blogspot.com/2020/06/does-anticipating-societal-collapse.html

“Climate science and collapse: Warnings lost in the wind”

https://jembendell.com/2020/06/15/climate-science-and-collapse-warnings-lost-in-the-wind/

 

International Scholars Warning on Societal Disruption & Collapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0frHoqXLB0&list=WL&index=93

 

Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet by Dr. Tom Murphy

https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m

 

Do the Math (Dr. Tom Murphy’s blog)

https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/

 

"Society could collapse in a decade, predicts math historian" 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-turchin-cliodynamics-society-collapse_n_586f1e22e4b02b5f85882988

 

Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History, by Dr. Peter Turchin

https://amzn.to/3HFODre

 

Curated playlist of all podcasts/interviews mentioned in episode

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1c8KrxJi9hTDLzWHPdyvlF?si=a111ffcd6d7546a0

 

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