Empires rise and fall. And while we understand these cycles conceptually, there\u2019s a bizarre notion that we are somehow immune. That we can continue to evolve toward greater ease and material abundance generation after generation. That our potential for growth is somehow unlimited. But natural resources are finite. So, what happens when we run out?
\nDr. Jason Bradford is the Cofounder of Farmland LP and Cohost of Crazy Town, a podcast produced by the Post Carbon Institute that explores \u201cclimate change, overshoot, and runaway capitalism\u201d. He is also the author of The Future Is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Dr. Bradford joins Ross to explain what differentiates ecological economics from other schools of thought and why some resources are simply too valuable to price.
\nDr. Bradford shares his prediction regarding a great simplification of civilization, describing his vision of a future where we might still enjoy modern conveniences but at a very different scale. Listen in to understand why we he thinks we can\u2019t \u2018artificial ecosystem\u2019 our way on to other planets, why industrial carbon capture is a bad idea, and how we might build a lower-complexity society that is sustainable for the long term.
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\nResources
\n\nThe Future Is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification by Jason Bradford
\n\n\nTom Murphy\u2019s Do the Math Blog on Economic Growth
\n\nPaul Kingsnorth on Reversing Climate Change S2EP53
\nTed Nordhaus on Reversing Climate Change EP100
\n\nKim Stanley Robinson on Reversing Climate Change S2EP51
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