Solution Space

In this show, Adam discusses the recent summit between the leaders of the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. This conflict represents one of the deadlocks which spell the end of the logic of Accumulation which has driven civilization since the beginning. To maintain any life at all, much less decent life, we must transition to a logic (if it can be so called)of Reformulation. Adam discusses aspects of this transition he can see in his own life, and begins to discuss the opportunities opened up by this change in perspective.

Adam and Eva discuss COP26 and why it is not a serious attempt to address the destabilizing effect of industry on the biosphere. We get into the thorny issues of consumerism, political manipulation, and justified lack of trust which make meaningfully address biospheric disruption so difficult as to seem impossible.

This episode really gets into some key ideas, and will be the jumping off point for future episodes. Make sure and tune in!

This show starts with an overview of the political situation in the US with regards to abortion. Eva and Adam then delve into some of the underlying philosophical and cultural positions which inform public opinion on abortion.

In the second half of the show, we discuss control as a coping mechanism, and how we can start to become stifling to ourselves and others if we only repress and never process our difficulties. The ray of hope this week comes from insights related to how giving up our desires to control situations and people can bring us greater peace and propel our flourishing.

Eva and Adam debut a new structure for the show: four segments. The first is a story from the news, the second a peek behind the headlines. The third segment focuses on a personal development moment from Adam or Eva, and the final segment offers a ray of hope.

This week, we discuss rising food prices, the specter of feudalism, ceremonies and rituals surrounding eating, and the recent wave of people quitting jobs, and what it might say about the future of how we spend our time.

Eva interviews Adam about his interest in Jean Baudrillard, a French writer who lived from 1929-2007. We discuss his life and times, a few of his concepts, and why Adam finds Baudrillard so valuable in confronting personal and political challenges.

Eva and Adam explore six readings of special significance to them.

Passages were selected by Eva from Rooted (2021) by Lyanda Lynn Haupt and Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Passages were selected by Adam from The Comments on Society of the Spectacle (1988) by Guy Debord, A Defense of Poetry (1821) by Percy Shelley, and Carnival and Cannibal (2010) by Jean Baudrillard.

We have also both made playlists to accompany this episode. Look for the link on the Solution Space subreddit.

In this episode, Adam and Eva get into the problem of biospheric degradation, what it says about humans in general, us as individuals, and what it will take to address the problem.

In this show, Adam and Eva give accounts of how they personally came to find themselves working on the Solution Space project. Along the way, we discuss our emotional development and grappling with the problems of the world and discuss some of our favorite authors, including Jean Baudrillard, David Wallace-Wells, Joanna Macy, and Percy Shelley.

Adam and Eva discuss the collapse of the social environment, or "atomization." We talk about how we see it reflected in our own lives and in the world, and what we can do to grapple with the lack of strong relationships. In true Solution Space fashion, we are oriented toward building relationships with integrity which serve ourselves, our social circles, and the wider world.

In this show, Eva and Adam elaborate on their concepts of hope, and tie more concepts into the Solution Space framework. We discuss entry points in terms of how we enter into problem spaces, and how we present them to others; and the Overton Window, which is a way of talking about the political constraints impose by public opinion