The array of theories: Alternative Economic System Redesign [Fundamental Sustainability, Civilizational Redesign]

<aside> 💡 The goal of this document is to introduce people to the concepts/need for long-term or broader thinking about civilizational risk.

The resources should tailor towards people who have not been exposed to much thought on this space — and will ideally orient towards action.

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Introductory

1. WR’s google doc on the topic: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_mGLsywMIWZA_EdHEut2fh7dcxAT29ZctUHSMAuiiYM/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.vom8ptfiduiz.
2. Listen to Daniel Schmactenberger talk — look up online.
   1. Greenpill Podcast interviewing Daniel Schmactenberger on the metacrisis
3. Find powerful stories and analogies which lead someone into a desire for this

Best summary

1. New Economic Series
   1. Purpose: this is a great attempt at summarizing the broader “meta criteria” for systems that won’t self terminate/can thrive into the future. It is also a great list of challenges for entrepreneurs willing to improve civilizational resilience to choose and work on.
   2. Description: It comes from a philosopher who is both well respected and has analyzed more varying approaches, economic, technological theories than anyone I’ve read about (other than maybe Forrest Landry).
   3. nota bene. This has the potential to be the best resource, but is sparse & not necessarily emotionally engaging for first-time readers
2. Either RC whitepaper’s first 30 pages or the P1 of RFinance
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3. Some content on plurality from Glen Weyl / Puja Ohlhaver
4. Nate Hagens’s Geophysical Realities
   1. A 30minute movie/intro to his worldview, which his podcast interviews guests about.
   • He also compiled this 2.5hr deep dive into myths society currently holds (with particularly useful insights on GDP and renewable energy)
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   1. NES P1 & P3 — in the problems they lay out, researchers focused on these questions could facilitate major breakthroughs
   2. purpose: There’s a problem, so what can someone do about it?
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Deeper but great resources

1. The Overstory fiction novel by the Psychologist, Richard Powers
2. Sacred Economics and the Ascent of Humanity by Charles Eisenstein
   1. this is just one of the Alternative Economic System Redesign [Fundamental Sustainability, Civilizational Redesign].