Share

cover art for Global Pause - Rethink the Future

Global Pause - Rethink the Future

Consumerism is a symptom of our way of life that is a disease we explore a cure


Latest episode

  • 88. #86: Rethinking virtue signalling

    20:20||Ep. 88
    What do we presuppose when a signal is given without substance? What is the mechanism never thought through that allows this. We discuss

More episodes

View all episodes

  • 87. #85: Rethinking the business of "life"

    29:27||Ep. 87
    Is human action ever not business activity when we practise economising actions? We discuss
  • 86. #84: Rethinking time in light of sustainability

    18:07||Ep. 86
    If we do not address the existential claim of the way our time is given we cannot create a sustainable way of life. We discuss
  • 85. #83: The diminishing return of the consumer

    26:16||Ep. 85
    The form of life that of the consumer, can no longer serve, if it ever has "life" We discuss why "values"  or intangible highlight its impasse and the diminishing return of this form of life.
  • 84. #82: Is change possible when the world view is never questioned?

    13:12||Ep. 84
    What possibility is there for change when unquestioned givens are never challenged. We discuss this in light sustainable development and the imperialism of a form of life.  
  • 83. #81: To economise time independant

    21:31||Ep. 83
    We can only economise time if it is derivative, but how can we achieve the impossible unless our way of life disinhibits an aspiration that allows for this imposture to be the given of our relationality. We explore. 
  • 82. #80: Rethinking the "circular" economy

    16:34||Ep. 82
    Circular economy over linear lives, how can this possibly work for sustainability? We explore the resource never raised when the question of a sustainable future is touted.