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95: Technology – Fast and Furious Into Overshoot
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The academy awarding the Nobel Prize in Economics is still drinking pro-growth Kool-Aid, while spiritual leader Acharya Prashant is serving up a healthier recipe - insightful truth about ecological overshoot. We examine both in this episode. Technology headlines much of the conversation. "Technology is not a way out of overshoot; it is a slower way in," according to Prashant.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Nobel Prize press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/press-release/
How Technological Progress Leads to Economic Growth, An Interview With 2025 Nobel Prize Winner Joel Mokyr: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/joel-mokyr-tech-progress-economic-growth/
About The Sorcerer's Apprentice: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 1: https://youtu.be/B4M-54cEduo?si=eiOZ_0vIc8sxMAtX
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 2: https://youtu.be/m-W8vUXRfxU?si=b8FnR0-zr8dk1wOm
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 3: https://youtu.be/GFiWEjCedzY?si=XouPPdP5FfS1OJ9p
One Greed Six Earths: The Inner Emptiness Behind Global Consumption – by Acharya Prashant in the Sunday Guardian: https://sundayguardianlive.com/feature/one-greed-six-earths-the-inner-emptiness-behind-global-consumption-161464/
Acharya Prashant: https://acharyaprashant.org/
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- Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org
The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https://www.fadermusicandsound.com/ https://carlosjones.com/
On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society's growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture's obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.
Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared "could be the most important film ever made." Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.
Join the GrowthBusters online community https://growthbusters.groups.io/
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth – free on YouTube https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo
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Manage episode 523578278 series 2329237
The academy awarding the Nobel Prize in Economics is still drinking pro-growth Kool-Aid, while spiritual leader Acharya Prashant is serving up a healthier recipe - insightful truth about ecological overshoot. We examine both in this episode. Technology headlines much of the conversation. "Technology is not a way out of overshoot; it is a slower way in," according to Prashant.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Nobel Prize press release: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/press-release/
How Technological Progress Leads to Economic Growth, An Interview With 2025 Nobel Prize Winner Joel Mokyr: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/joel-mokyr-tech-progress-economic-growth/
About The Sorcerer's Apprentice: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/The_Sorcerer%27s_Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 1: https://youtu.be/B4M-54cEduo?si=eiOZ_0vIc8sxMAtX
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 2: https://youtu.be/m-W8vUXRfxU?si=b8FnR0-zr8dk1wOm
The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Part 3: https://youtu.be/GFiWEjCedzY?si=XouPPdP5FfS1OJ9p
One Greed Six Earths: The Inner Emptiness Behind Global Consumption – by Acharya Prashant in the Sunday Guardian: https://sundayguardianlive.com/feature/one-greed-six-earths-the-inner-emptiness-behind-global-consumption-161464/
Acharya Prashant: https://acharyaprashant.org/
Give Us Feedback:
- Record a voice message for us to play on the podcast: 719-402-1400
- Send an email to podcast at growthbusters.org
The GrowthBusters theme song was written and produced by Jake Fader and sung by Carlos Jones. https://www.fadermusicandsound.com/ https://carlosjones.com/
On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society's growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture's obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.
Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared "could be the most important film ever made." Co-host, and self-described "energy nerd," Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.
Join the GrowthBusters online community https://growthbusters.groups.io/
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth – free on YouTube https://youtu.be/_w0LiBsVFBo
Join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GrowthBustersPodcast/
Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/growthbusting/
Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/growthbusters.bsky.social
Make a donation to support this non-profit project. https://www.growthbusters.org/donate/
Archive of GrowthBusters podcast episodes http://www.growthbusters.org/podcast/
Subscribe to GrowthBusters email updates https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/umptf6w/signup
Explore the issues at http://www.growthbusters.org
View the GrowthBusters channel on YouTube
Follow the podcast so you don't miss an episode:
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