VICE Published on Feb 13, 2018 The global economy is in crisis. The exponential exhaustion of natural resources, declining productivity, slow growth, rising unemployment, and steep inequality, forces us to rethink our economic models. Where do we go from here? In this feature-length documentary, social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin lays out a road map… Read More
Sustainable Human Published on May 26, 2018 Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/sustainablehuman There is a basic change going on with the younger generation that is strange to older people. There is a change in the way you define “freedom”, the way your define “power”, and the way you define “community”, and these changes really suggest the… Read More
Reproduced from: https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Jeremy-Rifkin-on-How-to-Manage-a-Future-of-Abundance Download pdf at: https://www.strategy-business.com/media/file/sb89_17416_Jeremy-Rifkins-Future-of-Abundance.pdf Jeremy Rifkin on How to Manage a Future of Abundance The influential economic theorist looks ahead to a world of virtually free energy and zero marginal cost production, and to a desperate race against climate change. by Art Kleiner and Juliette Powell Photograph by Hector Emanuel Most people in… Read More
Published on Apr 22, 2014 Economic theorist and author Jeremy Rifkin explains his concept of The Internet of Things. Rifkin’s latest book is The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism. Transcript — We are just beginning to glimpse the bare outlines of an emerging new… Read More
The following address has been reproduced in its entirely as it is the single most important speech that has transformed my worldview and has served as the catalyst for this blog site and my writings. My fervent hope is that you would also be touched and your worldview transformed for the better as mine was.… Read More
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https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316
