250. Tackling ‘Big History’ feat. Ian Morris<br /> unSILOed Podcast with Greg LaBlanc

• Most of human history and evolution is about energy capture.
• Investing 80x energy into land to get 4x output from it has been transformational for modern farmers. (Turning oil into bread.)
• Marshall Sahlins - synopsis: agriculture is a really bad idea.
• Morris Theorem: human history is driven by lazy, greedy people.
• "Fossil fuel values" (00:39:00)
• fairness is a fundamental human value; justice is dramatically different across time and space (00:45:08)
• Morris' "5 Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (the five problems humans encounter when they reach the limits of energy extraction): massive movements of people (mobility); epidemics; climate change; war; governmental collapses;
• The price of overhunting for one person versus the price for the collective. How do we solve these collective problems (particularly for lazy, greedy humans)? (00:52:35)
• Regional failures were the general pattern before; now failures are a global scale problem.
• Morris' explanation of Brexit based on his Big History thesis as one of how Britain maintains power with respect to both China and Europe. (01:05:40)

Often, because misinformation is spread using technological means, we focus on using technology to dampen the spread of rumors. The root of the problem is really a human one, however, so it may help significantly to focus efforts on that locus.

Link to Swift quote about lies and truth: https://hypothes.is/a/Ys0x_m65Ee6GOPtD0OROJw

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