Episode
David Krakauer on Emergent Political Economies and A Science of Possibility (EPE 01)
COMPLEXITY · Apr 21, 2022 · 53 min
The world is unfair — but how much of that unfairness is inevitable, and how much is just contingency? After centuries of efforts to arrive at formal theories of history, society, and economics, most of us still believe and act on what amounts to myth. Our predecessors can’t be faulted for their lack of data, but in 2022 we have superior resources we’re only starting to appreciate and use. In…