Full Frankly:

What happens when a civilization optimized for growth without accounting for resilience introduces a technology such as AI?

This week I examine artificial intelligence through the metaphor of Icarus, asking what risks arise when we inject trillions of cognitive workers into a civilization that’s already in resource overshoot.

My conversation on Kevin's podcast:

Vermont Summit registration info:

VERMONT - You can come hear me speak this Tuesday, September 29 at the Vermont Summit This clip comes from a recent interview that I did as a guest on Kevin Ellis' podcast, Conflict of Interest. Kevin will be moderating a panel discussion after my talk at the Vermont Summit.

On the heels of Climate Week, I pose a thought experiment: What would a world leader’s speech sound like if the difficult truths underpinning global heating – which are politically unsayable due to donors, borders, electoral campaigns, and other incentives – were laid bare to the public?

This week, I zoom out from recent headlines about climbing diesel prices, a thinning U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and inflationary bond markets to ask the deeper question: What is the real work that’s required of us as the systems that underpin modern life begin to buckle?

This week’s Frankly begins with a deceptively simple question I was asked in conversation: What would change my mind about The Great Simplification thesis?

This week’s Frankly builds on my recent conversation with systems theorist Greg Elliott, who came on the platform to discuss why our institutions themselves have become psychopathic and how that affects the behavior of the average human.

Is this moment our opportunity to pivot toward worldviews that emphasize the intangible qualities of life, and could that shift cause a cascade through our actions and decisions, leading to more balanced decision-making for the betterment of everyone?