Brandolini’s Law (aka, The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle) states that the amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than the effort needed to produce it. Right

Brandolini’s Law (aka, The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle) states that the amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than the effort needed to produce it. Right now, the amount of bullshit flooding the zone is off the charts. It’s not only impossible to keep up with the daily deluge of dismay due to the dismantling democracy, it’s also disheartening and deleterious to do so. This month on Living Between Worlds, we explored a different approach. The poly/perma/meta-crisis is not a problem or set of problems to be solved. In fact, as Amory Lovins observes, "the cause of most problems is solutions,") and our interlocking set of mega-messes are only be made worse if we approach them with a traditional problem/solution mindset. To quote Ronald Heifetz, we are facing an “adaptive challenge.” The defining characteristic of adaptive challenges is that we need to change our modes of perceiving and thinking in order to engage effectively with them. So we welcomed Chauncey Bell — author of Mobilize! Dancing In the World, and someone with "the unique ability, both very rigorous and very caring, to see the world in very different and powerful ways that open new possibilities" — to explore what thinking, speaking, and being differently about our predicaments could be like. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part of the monthly Living Between Worlds "conversation for possibility" exploring how to live and work together in times of tumultuous change. Let us know in the comments below what this conversation provoked for you. And join us next time, on the third Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:30pm Pacific time. Register at https://bit.ly/LivingBetweenWorlds. (Also, please "like" and "subscribe"! YouTube is nicer to us when you do.) Who joins these conversations? Executives. Sustainability professionals. Investors. Activists. Entrepreneurs. Seekers. Up-and-comers. A poet or two. And you! "Because people are hungry for meaningful conversations that move worlds. Let’s have some!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Gil: Linkedin: https://www.Linkedin.com/in/gfriend Website: https://pages.natlogic.com/home Coaching: https://pages.natlogic.com/coach The 24/7 GilBot: https://www.delphi.ai/gfriend Connect with Ken: Linkedin: https://www.Linkedin.com/in/kenhomer Website: https://www.kenhomer.net Connect with Chauncey: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chaunceybell

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Give yourself the gift of knowledge with a subscription to Big Think Edge. http://bit.ly/bigthinkedge There are ancient secrets and and clues to the future trapped in Greenland's ice. - The

Give yourself the gift of knowledge with a subscription to Big Think Edge. http://bit.ly/bigthinkedge There are ancient secrets and and clues to the future trapped in Greenland's ice. - The Greenland ice sheet covers 80% of the island of Greenland. The sheet is 1,500 miles long, 700 miles across, and two miles thick. Scientists call it the largest laboratory in the world. - By studying the minerals and gasses trapped in layers of ice, glaciologists can unravel mysteries of the past, such as what the temperature was 1,000 years ago, or search for clues as to why the Greenland Norse people vanished. - Ice cores are a key to the past that also unlocks the future. Studying Greenland's ice sheet is yielding valuable information about the future of climate change. Jon Gertner is a journalist and historian whose stories on science, technology, and nature have appeared in a host of national magazines. Since 2003 he has worked mainly as a feature writer for the New York Times Magazine. His first book, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, was a New York Times bestseller. His latest book is "The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future" - https://amzn.to/2RtLtwY If you're interested in licensing this or any other Big Think clip for commercial or private use, contact our licensing partner Executive Interviews: https://www.executiveinterviews.biz/contact-us/americas/ Read more at BigThink.com: https://bigthink.com/videos/greenlands-ice-a-trip-back-in-time-to-see-the-future-of-climate-change Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink

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Give yourself the gift of knowledge — subscribe to Big Think Edge: http://bit.ly/bigthinkedge The more Greenland melts, the more Greenland melts. Here's why. - The Arctic is currently warming

Give yourself the gift of knowledge — subscribe to Big Think Edge: http://bit.ly/bigthinkedge The more Greenland melts, the more Greenland melts. Here's why. - The Arctic is currently warming about twice as fast as the rest of the world. - Ice is white and bright and is able to reflect solar energy back into space. When it melts and exposes dark, open ocean, that open ocean absorbs more sunlight and more energy. This creates a kind of feedback loop. - The darkness absorbs more solar energy — more sunlight. In turn, this accelerates the melt of the ice. Jon Gertner is a journalist and historian whose stories on science, technology, and nature have appeared in a host of national magazines. Since 2003 he has worked mainly as a feature writer for the New York Times Magazine. His first book, "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation", was a New York Times bestseller. His latest is "The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future" https://amzn.to/2L917gH If you're interested in licensing this or any other Big Think clip for commercial or private use, contact our licensing partner Executive Interviews: https://www.executiveinterviews.biz/rightsholders/bigthink/ Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink

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They say money changes everything—but what if it’s changing you? Research reveals how wealth can subtly alter the way we think, feel, and treat others. The truth may surprise

They say money changes everything—but what if it’s changing you? Research reveals how wealth can subtly alter the way we think, feel, and treat others. The truth may surprise you. #psychologyofmoney #socialclass #humanbehavior 🌍 Evolve Human Consciousness ⟹ https://www.patreon.com/sustainablehuman 🌍 LIKE + SUBSCRIBE + CLICK BELL TO SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS 🌍 Learn more ⟹ https://sustainablehuman.org/stories/the-shocking-truth-about-how-wealth-changes-people/ Sustainable Human is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to evolve human consciousness by examining the underlying stories that give rise to the environmental, social, and economic crises of our time and offer new stories that help humanity to live in harmony with each other and the biosphere. We Appreciate Your Support! 🌍 Patreon ⟹ https://www.patreon.com/sustainablehuman 🌍 Venmo ⟹ https://account.venmo.com/u/sustainablehuman 🌍 Donate ⟹ https://sustainablehuman.org/donate/ 🌍 Email ⟹ http://signup.sustainablehuman.com/newsletter We also are video storytelling producers who can help authors, researchers, organizations, musicians, product creators, or anyone with a story to tell to bring their story to life. Get in touch with us! 🌍 Hire us to tell your story ⟹ https://sustainablehuman.org/ 🌍 Sponsor a story ⟹ https://sustainablehuman.org/sponsor-a-story/ 🌍 Help us translate this video ⟹ https://sustainablehuman.org/translate/ SYNC ID: MB01GRIN7X3S088

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As with many aspects of American life, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted BIPOC communities. For Black businesses, this meant closing their doors and for Black workers,

As with many aspects of American life, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted BIPOC communities. For Black businesses, this meant closing their doors and for Black workers, either being laid off or made to work in unsafe conditions. In a system where Black workers are proportionally overrepresented in low-wage work and sharply underrepresented in executive positions, this negative impact is exacerbated. However discouraging this reality is, it serves as a call to action to close the wide, possibly widening, racial gap. At INFORUM, a panel of experts on the economic state of Black America will provide insight on what a path to equal and just recovery looks like, expanding upon research by McKinsey & Company. Further, juxtaposing the current reality with the prosperity offered by a better future, they will drive home the need to make change, and do so quickly. NOTES This important community program is made free to the public thanks to McKinsey & Co. AUGUST 27, 2021 SPEAKERS Shelley Stewart III Partner, McKinsey & Company; Co-author, "The economic state of Black America: What is and what could be" Michael Chui Partner, McKinsey Global Institute; Co-author, "The economic state of Black America: What is and what could be" Dr. Kristen E. Broady Ph.D., Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution Jeffery Wallace CEO and President, LeadersUp Jennifer Ablan U.S. Assistant Managing Editor, Financial Times—Moderator 💯SUBSCRIBE for more VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/user/commonwealthclub 📆 UPCOMING EVENTS: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events 🎉 BECOME a MEMBER: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/membership 💰 DONATE NOW: https://support.commonwealthclub.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=298 📺➕📻 Watch & Listen https://www.commonwealthclub.org/watch-listen CWC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommonwealthclub/ CWC Instagram https://www.instagram.com/cwclub/ CWC Twitter https://twitter.com/cwclub The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum 📣, bringing together its 20,000 members for more than 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy. Founded in 1903 in San Francisco California 🌉, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a diverse and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Hillary Clinton in 2010. Along the way, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have all given landmark speeches at the Club.

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Climate change has struggled to break through as a mainstream political priority in recent years. Meanwhile, globally, carbon levels in the atmosphere have continued to rise. But are we now

Climate change has struggled to break through as a mainstream political priority in recent years. Meanwhile, globally, carbon levels in the atmosphere have continued to rise. But are we now witnessing a new political interest in all things green? Thirty years on from the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 1988, and with thirty years to go to meet the Paris Agreement’s target of a carbon-neutral world by 2050, it’s a timely moment take stock of the current politics of climate change in the UK. Speakers: Caroline Lucas MP, Co-leader of the Green Party; Benet Northcote, Director of Corporate Responsibility, John Lewis Partnership; Alice Bell, Director of Communications, 10:10 Climate Action; Tony Greenham, Director of Economy, Enterprise and Manufacturing SUBSCRIBE to our channel! Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RSAEventsofficial Listen to RSA podcasts: https://soundcloud.com/the_rsa See RSA Events behind the scenes: https://instagram.com/rsa_events/

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Democracy Now for today, May 20th reports on the hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters who are in New York City ahead of Wendy's shareholder meeting to ask for improved working conditions for those who pick its tomatoes in the Fair Food campaign organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. CIW farmworker and organizer, Gerardo Reyes-Chavez talks about the campaign.  So far McDonald's, Subway, Burger King and Taco Bell have all joined the White House-recognized Social Responsibility Program, agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound of tomatoes to raise wages and only buy from fields where workers' rights are respected.

 

 

Business and Human Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility

 

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