Dennis Snower and David Sloan Wilson - Rethinking economics for flourishing people and planet

The fundamental challenges confronting humanity are not the failure of particular nations or institutions or businesses or civil organizations, but rather the disconnect between our economic, political, and social systems. Dennis Snower and David Sloan Wilson, converging economics and evolution, have a plan to ameliorate the decoupling of economic prosperity and political success from social and environmental prosperity, a decoupling that destabilizes our planet.Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:paper that frames this conversation: "Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Economics"British postal strike (09:20)Amos Tversky (10:30)Sloan Wilson (11:00)Theodosius Dobzhansky (12:00)This is Water (15:00)David Whyte (16:00)Thomas Singer (18:20)Evolution Institute (19:20)Eric Beinhocker (20:00)Mont Pèlerin Society (21:00)Philip Anderson More is Different (26:00)rethinking wealth (26:30)multilevel selection (29:30)Elinor and Vincent Ostrom (31:00)The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn (42:10)Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism (01:00:40)flourishing (01:08:10)Find Dennis online: https://www.global-solutions-initiative.org/person/dennis-j-snower/Find David online: davidsloanwilson.world/Recommended books:Dennis: Tolstoy and the great works of literatureDavid: Teilhard de Chardin and people/places achieving positive cultural change 'hiding in plain sight'Logo artwork by Cristina GonzalezMusic by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media