Economics for the future – Beyond the superorganism - ScienceDirect
• We lack a cohesive map on how behavior, economy, and the environment interconnect. • Global human society is functioning as an energy dissipating superorganism. • Climate change is but one of many symptoms emergent from this growth dynamic. • Culturally, this “Superorganism” doesn’t need to be the destiny of Homo sapiens. • A systems economics can inform the ‘reconstruction’ after financial recalibration. We lack a cohesive map on how behavior, economy, and the environment interconnect. Global human society is functioning as an energy dissipating superorganism. Climate change is but one of many symptoms emergent from this growth dynamic. Culturally, this “Superorganism” doesn’t need to be the destiny of Homo sapiens. A systems economics can inform the ‘reconstruction’ after financial recalibration. Our environment and economy are at a crossroads. This paper attempts a cohesive narrative on how human evolved behavior, money, energy, economy and the environment fit together. H
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