Commonwealth Club Of California Podcast

It has been said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. Yet Jeremy Lent says that is what this historical moment urgently calls for. As climate chaos, inequality and social fragmentation intensify, humanity faces an imminent choice: continue with a system built on extraction and endless growth, or reimagine civilization itself. He says incremental policy improvements are no longer enough, and what is needed is a deep transformation of our current civilization to continue to survive. Lent offers up such a reimagination, grounded in proven design principles of ecosystems and in humankind’s evolved inclinations. He prescribes a robust framework incorporating his own expertise, and the experiences of those on the ground already putting ecological civilization’s core tenets into practice: justice, mutuality, diversity and symbiosis. From the global economy to universal housing and income, from infrastructure to agriculture, Lent says every major aspect of o