First two helpful ideas that come to my mind: (1) balancing the individualism of social liberalism with an adjustment toward collectivism (ideally beyond anthropocentrism) and (2) focusing less on optimism about progress for society first and more on optimism about movements that would shift power away from the extreme inequality that makes pessimism a logical response.
There’s definitely future shock happening, generating its attendant fear of being able to cope with more. The cure is, I believe, simple in theory and incredibly difficult in practice. If populations trusted that their elected representatives would ensure everyone would get a fair shake, whatever the impacts, fear would dampen considerably.
Thanks for clarification! I thought it might have been one factor as it made the income and wealth gaps more apparent, hence more clear what you're missing out on, and more overall dissatisfaction among the majority of people.
Nice talk at DLD conference. Curious about the slight flattening/dip in the Norway EV chart (Y3-Y4), is that a common trend in S-Curves, where tech adoption may flatten for a bit and before taking off again, or is that idiosyncratic to Norway/EVs?
Reality and theory never match exactly. We should expect dips - perhaps a change in tax law or some other incentive elsewhere (unrelated to cars) coming to an end. I forget what happened in Norway and am travelling now so can't check
Hi Azeem, i also believe there is a fundamental change going on: that is linked to individualism. We haeve replaced a lot of non financial transactions (example i help my neighbor in the garden for free) by financial transactions ( my neighbor calls a company to do the job). This might be great for economic growth, but will separate me from my neighbor. And over the long term i and my neighbor feel ‘disconnected’. We thought that we could buy everything, but that is not true... society fundamentally needs social interactions and not only money based financial services. I really believe that this ocntributes to the overall feeling you describe
First two helpful ideas that come to my mind: (1) balancing the individualism of social liberalism with an adjustment toward collectivism (ideally beyond anthropocentrism) and (2) focusing less on optimism about progress for society first and more on optimism about movements that would shift power away from the extreme inequality that makes pessimism a logical response.
There’s definitely future shock happening, generating its attendant fear of being able to cope with more. The cure is, I believe, simple in theory and incredibly difficult in practice. If populations trusted that their elected representatives would ensure everyone would get a fair shake, whatever the impacts, fear would dampen considerably.
This feels spot on.
Reading Rafael and team’s new report on using AI for climate, there’s a ton of optimism available I think in examples of tech being developed to solve problems. For at least some people, those who feel empowered more than overwhelmed by a certain level of detail, I think telling specific stories like these ones can drive a sense of hope https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rkauf_agrifood-biodiversity-urban-activity-7150798346192883712-0P6M?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Good lightning talk!
Wasn't 1970s also when trickle-down economics became the guiding principle at least in the US?
No. That was really 1980s onwards in terms of policy formulation. you had the oil shock from 1973 onwards.
Thanks for clarification! I thought it might have been one factor as it made the income and wealth gaps more apparent, hence more clear what you're missing out on, and more overall dissatisfaction among the majority of people.
Nice talk at DLD conference. Curious about the slight flattening/dip in the Norway EV chart (Y3-Y4), is that a common trend in S-Curves, where tech adoption may flatten for a bit and before taking off again, or is that idiosyncratic to Norway/EVs?
Reality and theory never match exactly. We should expect dips - perhaps a change in tax law or some other incentive elsewhere (unrelated to cars) coming to an end. I forget what happened in Norway and am travelling now so can't check
Hi Azeem, i also believe there is a fundamental change going on: that is linked to individualism. We haeve replaced a lot of non financial transactions (example i help my neighbor in the garden for free) by financial transactions ( my neighbor calls a company to do the job). This might be great for economic growth, but will separate me from my neighbor. And over the long term i and my neighbor feel ‘disconnected’. We thought that we could buy everything, but that is not true... society fundamentally needs social interactions and not only money based financial services. I really believe that this ocntributes to the overall feeling you describe