Sharing a podcast with Jeremy Lent, tech CEO turned author, about the idea behind his new book Ecocivilization: how we can redesign our economy, democracy and technology so everyone can thrive.

Covers:

• Why, despite the many problems of our civilization, saying it’s “malfunctioning” isn’t accurate
• Why typical metrics of progress like GDP don’t provide a full picture of how people are actually doing
• How we can design a better society for everyone taking inspiration from how ecosystems work
• Ideas to improve our democratic systems, with real world examples
• How we could distribute wealth more widely, from ownership of companies to the benefits of AI

I recently read a little bit about Edmond Burke and his works on the French revolution and it's seems to me that being a conservative isn't about your values or policies at all.

It's more of a mind set that can be applied to any government. It's really about avoiding revolution, those who revolt eventually become the tyrants themselves and the cycle repeats.

The current 1776 type conservatives I think are better described as Reactionaries

Progressives push new policies

Reactionaries see the value in the foundational policies

And A true conservative would say if it ain't broke don't fix it.

How far off am I?