I’ve just finished listening to a really interesting C-Realm podcast, in it, the host KMO, talks with Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Upside of Down.

Thomas Homer-Dixon discuses the potential, connectedness, and resilience of adaptive systems like ecosystems and economies, and ask the question of whether restoring the growth trajectory of the global economy a viable means of securing long term prosperity? 

What I found of particular interest was use of theory and research in to the cycles of growth and collapse in complex forest ecosystems as a means of  understanding the possable dangers inherent in our current economic module.

If you haven’t heard the C-Realm podcasts before I highly recommend taking a look though the archive of shows. Click here for link to the show where you can also find subscription info.

Or you can listen to the show here on the above player.