Pete Strom- "Ok Boomer"

Published: Jan. 30, 2021, 5:16 p.m.

\u201cWe\u2019re in ripe territory for big shifts in the next 50 years,\u201d remarks notable local entrepreneur Pete Strom, \u201cand it could go anywhere.\u201d As the United States sits on the brink of the largest wealth transfer in human history, Strom finds himself more concerned with future generations\u2019 non-monetary inheritance: a morally bankrupt government, social instability, and, most importantly, the climate crisis. An environmental disaster generations in the making, the crisis is no longer avoidable, but rather a matter of whether it will be \u201creally bad, catastrophically bad or existential annihilation.\u201d Strom points to a need for change in leadership and the mobilization of massive financial resources \u2013 like, all of them \u2013 immediately as the only course to mitigate what is to come. \u201cIf we do everything right, it\u2019s still really bad, and that\u2019s the best possibility.\u201d

In this podcast, Interchange Founder Tate Chamberlin and guest Pete Strom attempt to reconcile the assumptions and concerns \u2013 absolutes and possibilities \u2013 surrounding baby boomers\u2019 social, political, economic, and environmental legacy, and its impact on generations to come.