How much do you know about AI, blockchain and Web 3.0? If you’re like us, the answer is probably very little. But these techs are going to change our world out of all recognition and while there is the potential for catastrophe, in the right hands, the same technology has the potential to help us shape the future we’d all be proud to leave behind and this is what this podcast is about.
Systems Thinking & Technology
Transforming Narrative Waters with Ruth Taylor of the Common Cause Foundation
How do we change the stories we tell ourselves and each other about ourselves and each other – and our place in the world – into stories of transformation, trust and togetherness? This week we talk to Ruth Taylor, whose theories of narrative change are at the heart of all we do. We were blown away by the ideas she put forward and the clarity of her thinking.
Giving Birth to an Alien Intelligence: AI – existential risk or part of the solution? With Daniel Thorson
Is AI really an existential risk to humanity (and the biosphere) or can we harness it to be a power for good?
Bonus – Reality Check: Less Quantity, More Quality in a Future that will Work, part 4 with Simon Michaux
This is the fourth of our ongoing series with Dr Simon Michaux. As ever, we ranged far and wide, but this time within the remit of ‘what does the world look like in 2050 if we make good choices now?
Lifeboats and Volcanoes: part 3 of our series with Simon Michaux
If we’re using too much power, how much do we need? And how much can we reasonably expect to produce in the near term as we phase out fossil fuels? What will our energy infrastructure look like and what are our options?
Meeting the Ocean: Rekindling our deepest connections through art and science with Markus Reymann
How do we bring artists, scientists, policy makers, educators, conservationists, journalists, and all the different siloed tribes together in ways that let them genuinely communicate and listen to the web of life?
Building Bridges to the Future with Cat Tully of the School of International Futures
How can we bridge the space between where we are now and the systems, structures and practices we need to give us the best chance of a generative future?
Bridging from the Necessary to the Possible with Emily Harris of Dark Matter Labs
If the present system is broken – and is in fact the heart of the meta-crisis – how can we transform peacefully to something that will work to create the future we’d want to leave behind?
Drawing Humanity out of the Cave with Dr Simon Michaux
Exploring the first of Michaux’ hierarchy of post-Carbon needs: Power – how are we going to power our civilisation as we ramp down fossil fuels?
Meshworks of Being: Building Community on the DAO
We know that the future is based on Community. What we lack are practical routes to creating communities of community on a worldwide scale – ones that can form and will be resilient enough to survive
Technology for a future that works
What does our future look like when it works? How can we harness the power of the Web 3.0 in service to a flourishing future? With Cory Feco of the DOI Foundation, who is embedded in just these questions.
One Planet Living: Mapping Minds to create a new emergent Consciousness
Linear thinking got us into this mess – how can we engage all the tools of modern technology to help us think more freely, creatively and systemically in service to a more flexible future.