Simon Michaux: "The Arcadians"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
4.8 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, mining and geology expert Simon Michaux returns to give a preliminary framework for responses to the coming energy and material constraints described in the previous episode. This includes both practical thoughts for how to organize communities around resources and also a shift in mindset from short term to long-term and from competition to cooperation. How do we simultaneously lay out all of the biophysical constraints on the table so that we can begin preparing for and adapting to a changing future?
About Simon Michaux
Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux's long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Great Simplification with Nate Higgins. |
| 0:06.3 | That's me. |
| 0:07.7 | On this show, we try to explore and simplify what's happening with energy, the economy, the environment, and our society. |
| 0:17.0 | Together with scientists, experts, and leaders, this show is about understanding the bird's |
| 0:23.0 | eye view of how everything fits together, where we go from here and what we can do about |
| 0:28.6 | it as a society and as individuals. |
| 0:33.0 | Please welcome or return to this show, my Australian colleague, Simon Mischot. |
| 0:41.1 | Simon currently works for the government of Finland in their mining geology division called GTK. |
| 0:48.1 | Simon and I previously had a conversation called Minerals Blindness, which complemented the term often used on this |
| 0:56.8 | podcast, Energy Blindness. |
| 0:59.3 | Simon returns today to give an overview on given the biophysical constraints that we face, |
| 1:06.1 | how do we think about solutions and what would be a preliminary framework for research and |
| 1:14.2 | societal interventions for what we face? |
| 1:17.8 | If you haven't noticed, Simon not only possesses a polymath mind, but he is quite a character. |
| 1:24.1 | And I expect that he will be back often on this show as we've become good friends or mates, as he would say. |
| 1:32.0 | Please welcome my friend Simon Michelle. |
| 1:49.6 | Who the show? Huva Humenta, Simon. |
| 1:51.5 | Hoover Hamenta. |
| 1:54.6 | Which is Australian for good day, mate. |
| 1:57.9 | In Finland, it's good morning. |
| 2:01.7 | Yes, well, it's good morning for me, but you're in the afternoon now. |
| 2:03.7 | Yes, 4 p.m. |
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