Think about climate change. This can feel like walking on a knife’s edge.
This week, Theo Horesh brings this perspective and many other fresh insights to my series on sustainable business, climate change, and clean technology.
Theo and I discuss what it is about human brains and human evolution that makes climate change such an elusive topic, how fascism relates to climate change (hey, why stop at one foreboding topic?), why apocalyptic thinking exists and how it looks different on the political left and right, the gifts and limitations of the Go Local movement, and practical tips for expanding our hearts and minds. In the middle of all this, I jump in to explain why today’s progressive is yesterday’s Eisenhower Republican.
Theo is great at explaining complex topics without either squashing their complexity or confusing the listener. And I always end conversations with him feeling wiser and more engaged than when we started.
Highlights
* 6:00 How do fascist leaders affect climate change?
* 12:00 How Amiel’s computer programming ineptitude prevented nuclear war
* 17:00 Different ways to interpret big storms
* 23:00 How facing climate change became the structure of Theo’s life
* 27:30 It’s easy to be vague and apocalyptic
* 35:00 Varieties of conservative apocalyptic thinking
* 39:00 True But Partial Challenge—the Go Local movement
* 41:30 You have to get your inspiration from somewhere
* 50:00 Amiel redefines the political center
* 57:30 Reading The Economist gives Theo the “wows”
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Theo’s latest book, The Holocausts We All Deny: Collective Trauma In The World Today
Think about climate change. This can feel like walking on a knife’s edge.
This week, Theo Horesh brings this perspective and many other fresh insights to my series on sustainable business, climate change, and clean technology.
Theo and I discuss what it is about human brains and human evolution that makes climate change such an elusive topic, how fascism relates to climate change (hey, why stop at one foreboding topic?), why apocalyptic thinking exists and how it looks different on the political left and right, the gifts and limitations of the Go Local movement, and practical tips for expanding our hearts and minds. In the middle of all this, I jump in to explain why today’s progressive is yesterday’s Eisenhower Republican.
Theo is great at explaining complex topics without either squashing their complexity or confusing the listener. And I always end conversations with him feeling wiser and more engaged than when we started.
Highlights
* 6:00 How do fascist leaders affect climate change?
* 12:00 How Amiel’s computer programming ineptitude prevented nuclear war
* 17:00 Different ways to interpret big storms
* 23:00 How facing climate change became the structure of Theo’s life
* 27:30 It’s easy to be vague and apocalyptic
* 35:00 Varieties of conservative apocalyptic thinking
* 39:00 True But Partial Challenge—the Go Local movement
* 41:30 You have to get your inspiration from somewhere
* 50:00 Amiel redefines the political center
* 57:30 Reading The Economist gives Theo the “wows”
Listen to the Podcast
Listen
Explore Additional Resources
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Theo’s latest book,
