Trailer for Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

09/19/22 • 1 min

How have humans become powerful enough to disrupt the world's climate, trigger the sixth mass extinction, and cause serious harm to the biosphere? And with all the abilities and technologies we've accrued, why do we so often oppress instead of uplift one another? Join us as we explore the hidden driver behind the converging crises of the 21st century. It all comes down to power - our pursuit of it, overuse of it, and abuse of it. Learn how different forms of power arose, what they mean for us today, and why giving up power just might save us.

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09/19/22 • 1 min

Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival - Trailer for Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival

Transcript

Melody Travers
Something's been bothering me. How is it that humans have become powerful enough to disrupt the world's climate?
Richard Heinberg
And here's another question. We humans have some amazing abilities, but why do we so often use them to oppress instead of uplifting one another?
Rob Dietz
Yeah, all around me, I see people living in tents on the streets here in the wealthiest country in the world, and we know more than ever before about ecology, but we're still wreck

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