Meet Stewart Brand and his band of merry dematerialists, the Silicon Valley salesmen who undermined environmentalism with planet-saving fantasies that reek of technofetishism. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive <a href='https://bit.ly/RSIC-Journal'>peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis</a> from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.  Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li>John Markoff, <a href='https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/'>Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand</a>, 2022.</li><li>Anna Wiener, "<a href='https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-complicated-legacy-of-stewart-brands-whole-earth-catalog'>The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s 'Whole Earth Catalog'</a>," The New Yorker, November 16, 2018.</li><li>Wolf Tivy and Matt Ellison, "<a href='https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/09/14/life-goes-on-with-stewart-brand/'>'Life Goes On' With Stewart Brand</a>," Palladium, September 14, 2022.</li><li>"<a href='http://www.ecomodernism.org/manifesto-english'>Ecomodernist Manifesto</a>"</li><li>Timothee Parrique, "<a href='https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-02-28/a-response-to-paul-krugman-growth-is-not-as-green-as-you-might-think/'>A response to Paul Krugman: Growth is not as green as you might think</a>," Resilience, February 28, 2023.</li><li><a href='https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/'>Low-Tech Magazine</a></li><li><a href='https://longnow.org/'>The Long Now Foundation</a></li><li><a href='https://reviverestore.org/'>Revive & Restore</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/">Support the show</a>

Meet Stewart Brand and his band of merry dematerialists, the Silicon Valley salesmen who undermined environmentalism with planet-saving fantasies that reek of technofetishism. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD. Sources/Links/Notes:John Markoff, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand, 2022.Anna Wiener, "The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s 'Whole Earth Catalog'," The New Yorker, November 16, 2018.Wolf Tivy and Matt Ellison, "'Life Goes On' With Stewart Brand," Palladium, September 14, 2022."Ecomodernist Manifesto"Timothee Parrique, "A response to Paul Krugman: Growth is not as green as you might think," Resilience, February 28, 2023.Low-Tech MagazineThe Long Now FoundationRevive & RestoreSupport the show

Meet Stewart Brand and his band of merry dematerialists, the Silicon Valley salesmen who undermined environmentalism with planet-saving fantasies that reek of technofetishism. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation. Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language. For an entertaining deep dive into the theme of season five (Phalse Prophets), read the definitive <a href="https://bit.ly/RSIC-Journal" rel="noopener noreferrer">peer-reviewed taxonomic analysis</a> from our very own Jason Bradford, PhD.&nbsp; Sources/Links/Notes:<ul><li>John Markoff, <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554161/whole-earth-by-john-markoff/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand</a>, 2022.</li><li>Anna Wiener, "<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-complicated-legacy-of-stewart-brands-whole-earth-catalog" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s 'Whole Earth Catalog'</a>," The New Yorker, November 16, 2018.</li><li>Wolf Tivy and Matt Ellison, "<a href="https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/09/14/life-goes-on-with-stewart-brand/" rel="noopener noreferrer">'Life Goes On' With Stewart Brand</a>," Palladium, September 14, 2022.</li><li>"<a href="http://www.ecomodernism.org/manifesto-english" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ecomodernist Manifesto</a>"</li><li>Timothee Parrique, "<a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-02-28/a-response-to-paul-krugman-growth-is-not-as-green-as-you-might-think/" rel="noopener noreferrer">A response to Paul Krugman: Growth is not as green as you might think</a>," Resilience, February 28, 2023.</li><li><a href="https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Low-Tech Magazine</a></li><li><a href="https://longnow.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Long Now Foundation</a></li><li><a href="https://reviverestore.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Revive &amp; Restore</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

How Ecomodernists Hijacked the Environmental Movement: Technotopian Bullshit and a Raging Case of God Complex.

With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town. Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response. Your hosts:Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another. Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.” Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes. These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling? Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves. Each fortnightly episode helps you understand the “Great Unraveling” of our environmental and social systems and describes how we can make the transition to a sustainable and equitable world. If you’re someone who questions the trajectory of society and struggles to understand why most people would rather eat nachos on the deck of the “SS Denial” than face reality, you’ll find community and plenty of laughs in Crazy Town. Brought to you by https://www.resilience.org/ and the unconventional minds at Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank that builds awareness of the polycrisis and prescribes community resilience-building as the most appropriate response. Your hosts: Asher Miller - Nonprofit executive director by day, apocalypse comedian by night. Feels most at home exploring insanity-inducing topics while trying not to spill coffee on his keyboard as he convulses over the latest ecomodernist fantasy. In danger of losing his mind every time he encounters someone using a gas-powered blower to move leaves from one spot to another. Rob Dietz - Jack-of-all-trades environmental scientist, conservation biologist, and ecological economist with a penchant for relating planetary overshoot to the catalog of movie scenes that play on a continuous loop in his colonized brain. Known for inserting random ecological facts into casual conversation, often in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. His friends call him “pessimistically hilarious.” Jason Bradford - Activist farmer and former encyclopedia salesman with a PhD in plant ecology who gets genuinely excited discussing soil microbes and societal collapse in the same breath. Morally opposed to doomsday prepping, but predisposed toward sharing everything he keeps in his bunker, er root cellar, including potatoes, wine, and a 47-month supply of scientific esoterica and embarrassing anecdotes. These guys are the Three Stooges of sustainability podcasting, although they tend toward scientific analysis, righteous outrage, and self-deprecation rather than beating each other up with hand tools. How can they have this much fun while contemplating collapse and navigating the Great Unraveling? Heartfelt thanks to the team at Post Carbon Institute, our volunteers, and all our fellow Crazy Townies out there who help bring this podcast to life.

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