Samuel Alexander discusses Thoreau, simplicity, degrowth, and meaning.
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⏳ TIMESTAMPS
01:25 The Vision of Prosperous Descent
03:00 Material Standard of Living vs Quality of Life
04:25 The Double and Triple Dividend
05:05 Living More With Less
08:50 Individualism vs. Collectivism in Economics
10:44 What To Do With Our Lives?
14:03 Enlightened Self Interest
15:07 Suburbs as Sites of Transformation
15:23 What is Degrowth?
17:53 Degrowth in the Suburbs
19:21 What If Contraction is Unplanned?
21:57 Are We See Early Civilizational Deterioration?
23:36 Value Shifts and Technological Tools
29:22 Technology Can Be Seductive

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