James Arbib: Rethinking Humanity
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
5.0 • 911 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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We are on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential transformation of human civilization in history, a transformation every bit as significant as the move from foraging to cities and agriculture 10,000 years ago.
- James Arbib and Tony Seba, Rethinking Humanity
James Arbib is co-founder of RethinkX, a nonprofit think tank that explores how technology will shape the future and disrupt all levels of society, including information energy, materials, transportation, and my favorite, food – food that will not come from slaughtered animals.
Jamie and RethinkX cofounder, Tony Seba are the authors of Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom. They predict that new technologies could wipe out poverty and solve climate change in the next 10-15 years, and bring in a new "Age of Freedom." Which sounds pretty phenomenal, but they also warn that it could pose huge challenges for a a world that still clings to outdated concepts such as democracy, capitalism and the nation state.
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| 0:00.0 | we might actually see, you know, 10, 30 years out, it just becomes unacceptable to be eating animals. |
| 0:06.2 | You know, why would you when you don't need, you know, you could take a single cell and, you know, produce the same thing. |
| 0:10.8 | And I think if you lose a social license, might see a ban on animal agriculture at some point. |
| 0:15.6 | In the same way we would expect to see a ban on gasoline vehicles pretty soon. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute |
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| 1:14.0 | Today's conversation is with James Arbib. |
| 1:17.0 | Jamie is the co-founder of R-think X, |
| 1:20.0 | a nonprofit think tank that explores how technology will shape the future |
| 1:24.7 | and disrupt all levels of society including information, energy, materials, |
| 1:30.0 | transportation, and my favorite food. He and his co-founder Tony Seba are the |
| 1:36.0 | authors of rethinking humanity, five foundational sector disruptions, the |
| 1:40.3 | life cycle of civilizations and the coming age of freedom. |
| 1:44.0 | They predict that new technologies in information, energy, |
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