April 21, 2021

After Collapse with Author Max Borders

55 minutes

We should not let fear govern us, and instead we should be the change we want to see in the world.

In today's Better Wealth episode, I had the opportunity to interview Max Borders, co-founder of Future Frontiers , founder of Social Evolution, and author of After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals and The Social Singularity: A Decentralist Manifesto. Max joins me today to discuss his experience in “value creation” and his 7 key breakdowns in his book 1.) Breakdown of Models and Metaphor 2.) Breakdown of Hierarchy 3.) Our belief in the Founding Ideas is Fading 4.) Breakdown of Mutual Aid in Society 5.) Collective Intelligence is Fractured 6.) Civil Discourse Is Deteriorating 7.) Financial Structure & Debt. Listen as we dive into the current belief how “debt spending doesn’t matter” and what that could mean for our future. Listen as Max shares the need for communities and individuals to begin to focus less on the big government for change and rely more on our ability as people to help, serve, grow and be the change we want to see. Listen as Max talks about his ideas of how people can begin to prepare for an economic collapse. Listen as Max gives practical steps for helping prepare for a collapse aside from gold, gardens and guns, but rather getting to know your neighbors! Finally, Max gives a very passionate and deep answer in his legacy question that is heartfelt and inspirational.

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Guest Bio:

Max Borders is author of After Collapse: The End of America and the Rebirth of Her Ideals and The Social Singularity: A Decentralist Manifesto. Max is also co-founder of the event experience Future Frontiers and founder of Social Evolution, an organization dedicated to liberating humanity and solving social problems through innovation. First and foremost, Borders is a thinker and author. His two most recent books are dedicated to the blessings of decentralization. Whereas The Social Singularity focuses on redesigning the protocols for healthy human interaction (the “rules” and “tools); After Collapse focuses on redesigning the moral and cultural order around those rules and tools. Whether one is referring to decentralizing hierarchical firms or decentralizing power in society, Borders remains at the forefront of conversations about how to change our relationship to power at every sphere and scale--including relationships that begin in the deepest recesses of the human heart. Along with co-founder, Seth Blaustein, Borders helped take the Future Frontiers from its first event in 2012 through eight event cycles. The idea behind Future Frontiers has always been to paint a picture of a future in which human beings flourished. The idea has always been to let attendees draw inspiration or to kindle their imaginations, so they could go out into the world and “criticize by creating.”