E - Predicting the Future

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200x 60 years of insight into the global system
200X The ways we respond to problems
200X We overshot planet's carrying capacity in mid-1980's
2011 We're lousy at predicting socioeconomic futures
Business as usual is not a credible option
Competing narratives of the way forward
More authoritarianism is likely to happen
People looking for hope often want to be told everything will be ok, but not everything will be ok
Radical re-localization will replace a lot of globalization
The climate transformation will require big changes from everything
The Limits to Growth analysis holds up
The three economies
What drives growth?