If economics is a method for optimizing various objective functions subject to constraints, then the focus of change would need to look again at those “objective functions.” Not profit, but biosphere health, should be the function solved for; and this would change many things. It means moving the inquiry from economics to political economy, but tha

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We are approaching the biggest ecological collapse in 65 million years. The urgency of this moment demands a different kind of thinking — one that puts life at the centre of every decision. In conversation with Standard Deviation, we explore visions for a regenerative future, and what it means to give back much more than we take.

Some suggest that the system needs to change, that individual actions like stopping flying are pointless, as one hundred corporates emit 70% of all emissions.32 Others demand ideological purity on climate consciousness, arguing that unless someone lives a carbon-neutral life, they can’t have a say about what needs to change in the system. This dich

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