Athena Aktipis
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 9 Jan
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But really, we are also in denial about everything.
everything being fine, we have to kind of deal with that.
But really, the only way that things ultimately will be fine and are fine is if we are able to figure out how to network our brains together in an effective way to leverage all the information that we have about how our systems work, and not just the sort of technicalities of our, you know, global systems and,
you know, ecological systems and economic systems, but also the social systems that we as humans have that have helped us deal with risk for as long as we have been around.
And so it's kind of a, you know, half like
humorous field guide to living in our apocalyptic times and half a call for, you know, bringing our heads together to do a much better job of sharing information and managing risk collectively.
And, and being able to sort of build that up from simpler components.
And so, yeah, so, so for me, the whole point of the book is to number one,
make the crazy times that we're living in now not feel quite so scary by bringing some humor, some playfulness, some cool illustrations from Neil Smith in to make it fun, and then kind of creating a space that I hope people will see as sort of an invitation for us to all work together to
more effectively and leverage our ability to cooperate and share information in a way that will help us do a better job of dealing with all of the challenges we're facing now and will absolutely continue to face as the future unfolds.
Yeah, I mean, you know, if we look at small scale societies, if we look at, you know, any societies around the world, really, you know, ideas about that, you know, there are threats out there in the world, some of which might sort of end civilization as we know it, or simply the idea that there are sort of cycles where sometimes things are good, and then sometimes things are worse.
And that, you know, we have to have sort of mechanisms for,
being able to deal with those times when things are worse.
Those are all very, very common, probably universal across all societies.
And storytelling is, I think, an important piece also of, especially in small-scale societies, how people...
kind of retain that memory, you know, when things are good that, yeah, sometimes things aren't so good.
And so, you know, we need to be thinking about how to manage risk, you know, at all times.
You know, even if it's just like on a yearly basis, like if you, you know, deal with really severe winter storms like Mongolian herders do, right?
They're managing risk all year.
They're not just waiting.
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