Why is Utopia Now? | feat. Alex Canadell

Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:28 - Alex and the origin of 'Utopia is Now' 03:27 - What is Utopia? 06:23 - Shouldn't we keep our focus on more pressing short-term goals, rather than a long-term utopia? 12:15 - Climate change, Patagonia, Greenwashing and Corporate Ethics 19:07 - False Marketing, Social Media & Need for Decentralized Data-Driven Solutions & the Truth 25:43 - Why big data isn't the complete solution to reduce poor decision-making 32:57 - Education, Conditioning, Life and the Importance of Safety & Storytelling 49:51 - Why is Utopia now? Physics, Reality, Religion 01:02:05 - Alex's Utopian Idea: Profits, Passion, Purpose Books/People Mentioned 1) 'Utopia' by Thomas More 2) Steven Pinker: Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. 3) 'Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress' by Steven Pinker 4) The Paris Agreement 5) Hans Rosling: Swedish physician, academic, and public speaker. 6) Richard Layard: British labour economist, currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics 7) 'Can We Be Happier? Evidence and Ethics' by Richard Layard 8) 'Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World and Why Things Are Better Than You Think' by Anna, Ola & Hans Rosling 9) Patagonia: Inc. is an American clothing company that markets and sells outdoor clothing 10) Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School. 11) Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit Book by Alex Edmans 12) James Clear: Author of the NYT bestseller, Atomic Habits (atomichabits.com) 13) Daniel Kahneman: is an Israeli psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 14) 'Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success' Book by Matthew Syed 15) Derek Black: a former American white supremacist, son of the founder of the Stormfront online community and godson of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. 16) Experiential learning: a process of learning through experience, and is more specifically defined as "learning through reflection on doing". 17) 'Sapiens; A Brief History of Humankind' by Yuval Noah Harari 18) Waldorf education, aka, Steiner education: based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy. 19) Rudolf Steiner: was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant 20) How creating an environment that allows for mistakes creates success (wired.co.uk) 21) Quote by Eduardo Geleano Music Credits: A journey through the universe = Lesion X