Polycrisis causal loops

(Global polycrisis, what global polycrisis?)🌄

Kia ora,

I’ve been taking a short break from work this week - I just spent a few days in perfect weather tramping the stunningly beautiful Queen Charlotte Track in Tōtaranui / Marlborough Sounds. Nothing like a few days of solitude in natural wilderness to clear the head and recharge the batteries (I was the only person on the track!):

Ben Reid 🧠⏩☁ @ben_r

Global polycrisis, what global polycrisis?

Since then I’ve been catching up with family and friends in Te Whanganui-a-Tara so I’m giving myself a break from writing a ⏩Fast Forward Aotearoa instalment this weekend. Normal service resumes next Sunday!

Meanwhile, I did actually get thinking about the global polycrisis on the trail and took a couple of hours yesterday to create a first pass causal loop diagram weaving together recent ⏩themes of climate change, biodiversity collapse, food system overreach, pandemics, geopolitical instability and advancing technology (particularly AI). Let me know what you think - still lots to add, no doubt - a useful map to navigate by and identify interventions (click to enlarge)

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See you again on Wednesday for the weekly newsletter as usual, have a great rest of your weekend!

ngā mihi

Ben