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The Rise of Social Inequality
The Rise of Social Inequality
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Richard Heinberg, renowned energy and sustainability expert, explores the development of social power – simply defined as the ability to get other people to do something. Whether through money, violence, writing, or other means, humans have devised interesting ways of exerting influence over one another. One major downside, with implications for the collapse of societies, is widespread inequality. Concentration of social power tends to create social instability. You'll hear how power acts as a drug, damages people’s brains, and leads to the tragedies of slavery and colonization. Along the way, you might adopt new verbs like "Tom Sawyering" and "Robin Hooding." Note: Choral music in this episode was licensed from Allen Grey Music, "Lost Voices Soundscape." For more information, please visit our website.
Released:
Oct 12, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (10)
Trailer for Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival by Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival