[D66] Podcast: 'Why Complex Societies Need Simple Individuals '

[René Oudeweg]

(Waarom een 'simpele' jagers-verzamelaarstoekomst complexe individuen 
nodig heeft. Leerzame podcast over mieren. De ultrasocialistische 
Mierloïsten van D66 kunnen er nog wat van opsteken.../RO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2ALn2ltC7Y

Why Complex Societies Need Simple Individuals | John Gowdy
Planet: Critical
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993 weergaven  21 jul 2022  #politicalcrisis #climatecrisis #economiccrisis

John Gowdy is Professor of Economics and Professor of Science and 
Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New 
York. He is the recipient of the Herman Daly Award for contributions to 
ecological economics, and author of "Ultrasocial: The Evolution of Human 
Nature and the Quest for a Sustainable Future".

John joins me to explain how humans, like ants and termites, are 
“ultrasocial” and what this form of hyper-complex social organisation 
does to our relationships, our neurochemistry, and our individuality.

He says increasingly complex social organisation leads to a decrease in 
individual complexity. John argues that rather than environmental 
destruction and extreme inequality being due to human nature, they are 
the result of the adoption of agriculture by our ancestors.