Episode 13 - Cargo Cult

Show Notes

The ritualized practice of sympathetic magic in agencies and economics.

• Cargo Cults
• Sympathetic Magic
• Growth and GDP
• Externalities in production
• Will McDonough 2005 TED Talk
• Philosopher Georges Bataille
• HBR Article: GDP Is Not A Measure of Human Well-Being
• Origins of GDP as economic indicator
• "Ad Astra" Film
• Greta Thunberg at UN Climate Action Summit: "we are at the beginning of a mass extinction...and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth: how dare you?"
• David Attenborough's latest documentary: "A Life On Our Planet"
• RoboPsych Podcast interview with Dr. Scott Nowicki: "There's this funny relationship between those who are theoretically in charge and those who are actually preparing for the future."
• BlueOrigin.com
• Helena Norberg-Hodge NY Times article: "What if local and diverse is better than networked and global?"

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