The E. W. Cole Lecture Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Our Crises

Mankind is currently facing an unprecedented level of concurrent crises - the pandemic, climate change, resource scarcity, economic stagnation and social and political tensions. Our ossified institutions and dysfunctional structures seem incapable of providing solutions, which we, of course, want to be easy, quick and costless. Satyajit Das, in association with a surprise guest, promises to cut through the data, ‘fake’ news, gloom and Pollyanna logic.
Join Das for the inaugural E. W. Cole Lecture as he delivers a memorable and surprisingly playful examination of the greatest crises facing our world today, and unconventional ideas for how we might go about solving them. Following a 40-minute lecture, Das will be joined by host Sally Warhaft to further analyse and interrogate his ideas.
Satyajit Das is a globally respected former banker and consultant with over forty years’ experience in financial markets. He is the international bestselling author of Traders, Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives, Extreme Money: The Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk, and A Banquet of Consequences.
The annual E. W. Cole Lecture invites Australia's brightest thinkers to deliver talks that spark optimistic, progressive and future-thinking ideas for our society and our world, and celebrate the fruitful intersection of intellect and play.
Supported by The E. W. Cole Foundation.

[@muditjain8784]

One of the greatest minds of the 21st century

[@wildpett]

Finally Satyajit Das is back!!!! I enjoyed his presentations and interviews and I am glad he is back!

[@shivaraj6]

Found this clip after many years. Satyajit should appear more frequently. Always enjoyed listening your views.

[@forexforex-ml1ti]

I'd like to see more Satyajit Das. He has a lot to say.

[@pawmin88]

Satyajit Das finally, i have waited so long

[@vinista256]

21:30 How humans can avert climate catastrophe:
1. Reduce living standards
2. Work until you can’t
3. Raise taxes
4. Rigorous means testing for benefits and assistance
5. High-density living
6. Vegetarianism
7. Locovorism
8. Recycle all water and limit consumption; NO bottled water
9. Ration energy
10. Ban air conditioning
11. Restrict private car ownership
12. No non-essential air travel
13. No disposable items, redundant packaging, or single-use plastics
14. Obligatory reuse and recycling
15. Stop having children
16. Retire from all worldly affairs at 67 and begin a year of preparation for death.

[@philthyrourke5384]

I believe you are getting the fundamentals of the 2 legged serial killer

[@vokoaxecer]

we are fucked, aren't we?

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

Yes. The core is the fraudulent debt-based money system itself. It is a zero-sum game where insiders siphon the money credits and leave the inextinguishable debt for Main Street to choke on.

[@chrisruss9861]

Entertaining. At least he is not just one sided on facts.