Surrender Your Eco-Anxiety With Lee Schneider, Author, Podcaster, Producer And Director
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The rapid technological evolution brings rapid progress in our daily lives. At the same time, it also results in eco-anxiety. Where are we actually going? How much damage are we doing with our digital advancement? Can humans and the entire planet keep up with these changes? Lee Schneider aims to address this feeling of dread in his novel, Surrender. Joining Corinna Bellizzi, he explains how telling a story about a dystopian future can shed light on the double-edge sword of collective progress. Lee talks about using AI bots with extreme cautiousness and why they can never replace actual human jobs. He also delves into how technology could be causing social anxiety issues and tech bro companies turning people into mere fuels for the engine of commerce.
About Guest:
Lee Schneider is the author of screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, short stories, and audio drama podcasts. He has been a writer, producer, and director for television networks and movie studios. He is the founder of Red Cup Agency, an award-winning podcast production agency, and he is the Artistic Director of FutureX, a platform for futurist projects. His first published novel is titled Surrender, a science fiction story that takes place in 2050. He lives in Santa Monica, CA with his family.
Guest LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/docuguy
Guest Website: https://futurex.studio
Guest Social: https://instagram.com/docuguy, https://youtube.com/channel/futurex.studio, https://scicomm.xyz/@docuguy
Additional Resources Mentioned: https://bookshop.org/p/books/surrender/19597535
Show Notes: - Edited Audio
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Surrender
5:48 Facing the consequences of our actions
11:06 The rise of AI bots
20:43 How technology leads to social anxiety
26:10 Understanding futurist projects
29:59 Addressing our carbon footprint
36:32 Less technology and more power of connection
47:48 The problem with tech bro companies
49:46 Wrapping up and closing thoughts
53:11 Conclusion
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| 0:41.7 | I think what we need to be focusing on is learning how to love this planet. It's a very |
| 0:46.6 | individual planet. There's probably not another one out there like it exactly. There could be, |
| 0:53.9 | but not exactly. And we are extremely |
| 0:56.0 | fortunate to have things working until we came along so well on this planet. And if there can be |
| 1:03.2 | any purpose to these narratives, say novels or anything like that, we're a narrative species. |
| 1:08.8 | We love to tell stories. And if we could tell stories |
| 1:11.5 | that got people more in alignment with, hey, this is a pretty amazing planet. Let's try to |
| 1:16.1 | love this planet. Let's try to make a decision that's based on other species besides ourselves. |
| 1:22.0 | Because all of us are on this planet. I think that would be a big leap in thinking for many people and certainly for |
| 1:28.9 | people who are technologically driven. Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you |
| 1:36.0 | who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. Hear inspiring stories |
| 1:42.7 | from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 1:46.5 | You'll learn how you can make a difference, vote with your dollars, and get involved today. |
| 1:51.4 | Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 1:56.1 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizei. Every week, I invite you to care more about a |
| 2:02.6 | specific topic or issue so that we can all create a better world together. Today, we're going on a |
| 2:09.2 | journey to the not-too-distant future when global warming has resulted in certain catastrophic effects, |
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