Listen "563. Science or Whatever: How To Solve Climate Change (Feat. Stephen Casey)"
Episode Synopsis
Stephen Casey, NASA machine learning and artificial intelligence researcher, sits down with us to discuss economic turmoil from a complex systems perspective. Basically, he says if the value of money is modified to be reflective of the health of the ecosystem and the well-being of individuals, then global health improves automatically with less need for corrective policies or top-down controls.
If I were to give you a system that was configured the same way the economy is, you’d be able to predict that we’re in a system of runaway energy expenditure. And sure enough, when we look at the actual economy, we see a system that incentivizes an increase in the output of energy over the well-being of individuals and climate change. Using the basic model of game theory, Stephen discusses how more accurate measurements of the interconnectedness of systems can help stop the madness. Griffin peer reviews!
Here's an updated link to where the paper can be found online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367163714_How_to_Solve_Climate_Change_Building_a_Digital_Twin_with_an_Entropy-Based_Fitness_Function_that_Allows_Human_Activity_to_Exist_in_Equilibrium_with_the_Environment
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Griffin Rowell: https://twitter.com/Griffisaurus
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Stephen Casey: https://www.aiinvivo.org/
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If I were to give you a system that was configured the same way the economy is, you’d be able to predict that we’re in a system of runaway energy expenditure. And sure enough, when we look at the actual economy, we see a system that incentivizes an increase in the output of energy over the well-being of individuals and climate change. Using the basic model of game theory, Stephen discusses how more accurate measurements of the interconnectedness of systems can help stop the madness. Griffin peer reviews!
Here's an updated link to where the paper can be found online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367163714_How_to_Solve_Climate_Change_Building_a_Digital_Twin_with_an_Entropy-Based_Fitness_Function_that_Allows_Human_Activity_to_Exist_in_Equilibrium_with_the_Environment
Features:
Griffin Rowell: https://twitter.com/Griffisaurus
Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
Stephen Casey: https://www.aiinvivo.org/
Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans
Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
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