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3 weeks ago | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Show NotesWho knew that the breakthrough moment of AI sentience would come from interacting with an annoying neo-Luddite? After failing to raise a single dollar for PCI’s newest initiative — the $350 billion Transdisciplinary Institute for Phalse Prophet Studies and Education (TIPPSE) — Jason, Rob, and Asher devise the only profitable pitch for raising capital: using AI technology to cure the loneliness that technology itself causes.
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1 month ago | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Recovering technology booster Tom Murphy visits Crazy Town to discuss his journey from shooting lasers at the moon, to trying to “solve” the energy predicament, to falling out of love with modernity itself. Asher, Jason, Rob, and Tom discuss the roots and short-lived nature of modernity, which has not only shaped the world we inhabit but conquered our very imaginations.
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1 month ago | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford |Daniel Lerch
How will we feed people living in the megacities of the 21st century, especially while confronting climate chaos and the depletion of fossil fuels and fossil water? According to the mainstream media: ecomodernism! Massive deployment of technology on factory farms and an extreme ramp-up of industrialization will save the day – right? RIGHT?!?
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2 months ago | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Skip to content Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Resilience is a program of the nonprofit organization Post Carbon Institute.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Skip to content Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Resilience is a program of the nonprofit organization Post Carbon Institute.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Skip to content Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Resilience is a program of the nonprofit organization Post Carbon Institute.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford |Alex Leff
Skip to content Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Resilience is a program of the nonprofit organization Post Carbon Institute.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Show NotesAfter a full season of trying to escape more than a dozen evil -isms (fun things like capitalism, industrialism, extremism, and otherism), Rob, Jason, and Asher come to one conclusion: there is no true escape — at least not for those of us who want to help their communities collapse and re-emerge gracefully.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
TranscriptJason Bradford Hi, I'm Jason Bradford. Asher Miller I'm Asher Miller. Rob Dietz And I'm Rob Dietz. Welcome to Crazy Town where you're not invited to join our exclusive team of bloviating know-it-all podcast hosts. Melody Travers Allison Quick warning, sometimes this podcast uses swear words (Language!)Rob Dietz Hey, Jason. Hey, Asher. We have a tough topic today, so I want to start somewhere benign. Is that alright with you? Jason Bradford Let's ease into this, please. Rob Dietz Yeah.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
resilience.org | Asher Miller |Rob Dietz |Jason Bradford
Show NotesThe forces of media, technology, and even the wiring of our own brains seem aligned to draw people toward extremism. But never fear: Asher, Jason, and Rob unpack why we’re so susceptible to wackadoodle viewpoints and offer ways to tamp down extremist thinking and behavior in ourselves, our communities, and across society. Along the way, they tour the worlds of extreme sports, extreme politics, and extreme yogurt.
