S2 E25 New Economics a la Doughnut

Episode discussion topics <ul><li>Get your externalities outa here! Enter: <a href='https://www.kateraworth.com/doughnut/'>Doughnut Economics</a> brought to us by Kate Raworth. The World Economic Forum featured this short piece that serves as a nice introduction, "<a href='https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/04/the-new-economic-model-that-could-end-inequality-doughnut/'>Meet the doughnut:</a> the new economic model that could help end inequality." Her book is also available via the usual methods. </li> <li>This episode makes the case for why we find this new model of thinking about economics a very compelling upstart worthy of our attention. Honestly, RWJ and MVP find this view really appeals to their strategy gaming heads-up-display instincts. </li> <li>The Doughnut model provides a status overview of our biosphere and living conditions. Developing this type of broader worldview sense will be critical for anyone hoping to terraform a hostile world. At least ours is still a little bit friendly to our lives. </li> <li>We citizens want our economies and societies to live in the Goldilocks habitable zone, which we call the doughnut, between where the ecosystem can be sustained and above which point we experience starvation, dehydration, or disease. The red parts are an informational status overlay of where we're ranking. </li> <li>Welcomed are the ideas around how to embrace complexity and for us to begin designing dynamic feedback loops and control measures to manage foreseeable and unforeseeable shocks (climate swings, volcanoes, meteorites, etc.). By installing dynamic components in our economy, it will become more resilient and perhaps even offer stability during unstable times.</li> <li>MVP mentioned <a href='https://bioneers.org/'>Bioneers</a> in the episode and if you're unfamiliar, in their own words, "Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet." </li> <li>In a similar lane, an ideation sensation that might tickle your thinke