Episode Summary

The Changing Atmosphere with Limited Time for humanity to Change

Innovation and Resulting Prosperity – Unanticipated Consequences

Economic Models follow Political Power

Resource Abundance Fuels Poor Longterm Choices

Agriculture and History

Economic Development and its Effects on Society

Historical Development and Different Economic Models

Global Economic Trends and Societal Growth with Larger Human Populations

Finding the right balance between competing Development Regimes

Rethinking the Dominant Economic model

Asia and Climate Change: A Society in Paradox

Humans Adapt but it won’t be the Planet we remember