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A Bridge to the Future: Walking the path between Wisdom and Despair with Matthew Taylor

28 Jul 2021

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What is it that makes us human? How can we bring the best of ourselves to the current crises – individually, and as a civilisation? In this episode, we talk to Matthew Taylor, CBE FAcSS, and explore his ideas around ‘co-ordination theory’ and how we can use them to create new politics and new ways of organising our society to give more people a better, more equitable say in how we make things happen. Matthew Taylor, CBE FAcSS, is the Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, but before that, he was Chief Executive of the Royal Society for the Arts (or more properly, for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) - and before that, he was head of the Number 10 Policy Unit for Tony Blair's Labour Government. He is a regular panelist on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze, presents 'Agree to Differ' and occasionally, Analysis on the same channel. He's also deeply interested in the intersection between neurophysiology, psychology and human behaviour - and how we can bring these to bear on the current transformative moment in our history. In this episode, we explore his ideas around 'co-ordination theory' and how we can use them to create new politics and new ways of organising our society to give more people a better, more equitable say in how we make things happen. Matthew Taylor blog: https://www.thersa.org/blog/matthew-taylorMinimate: Co-ordination theory: https://youtu.be/-54DxHlOMncThe Podcast with Daniel Schmachtenberger and Tristan Harris: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/your-undivided-attention/id1460030305?i=1000526825665

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