{"id":619,"date":"2011-08-30T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extraenvironmentalist.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2017-05-11T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:10:39","slug":"episode-22-picking-battles","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-22-picking-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"[ Episode #22 \/\/ Picking Battles ]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formerly abundant raw materials which enabled the creation of capitalist economies are falling short of allowing the system to grow any further. With this historic moment, the opportunity to re-imagine the nature of work and the structure of society arises. Maintaining a balance between the steps necessary for self preservation in a depleting culture while decoupling from the system and pursuing more meaningful work is a key challenge to thriving in the near future. If the status quo is being blatantly exposed as a fiction, what role can we play in writing the new society? Out of the 168 hours in any give week, what can be done outside of the 40 given to our employers to create the new world we envision?<\/p>\n

In Extraenvironmentalist #22 <\/strong>we speak with writer, thinker and podcaster<\/a> Doug Lain<\/a> about his outlook on life in the time of Late Capitalism which is the primary topic of his recent non-fiction book Pick Your Battle<\/a>.\u00a0 We discuss the need to manage expectations around work at what feels like the end of history and how to avoid cynicism about social change while being surround by so many catastrophes. As we produce our lives, how much of living is a fiction? What role do dystopian and utopian writers have in forming a vision of the world ahead? Can we use creative acts to derail the capitalist system before it derails us while creating abundant cities for all?<\/p>\n

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\/\/ Music (in order of appearance)<\/strong>
\nJuj - My Room <\/a>via <\/em>SoundCloud<\/a>
\nThe Drums - Money<\/a> (Craft Spells Remix)<\/a> via <\/em>Neighborhood Brains<\/a>
\nKermit the Frog - It's Not Easy Being Green (Andrew Bird Cover)<\/a> via <\/em>You Ain't No Picasso<\/a>
\nMoloko - Sing It Back (Can 7 1390's Remix)<\/a> via<\/em> IndieShuffle
\n<\/a> Frenic - New World <\/a>via<\/em> The Chuckness<\/a>
\nMinnesota - Breathe<\/a> via<\/em> The Breakbeat Depot<\/a><\/p>\n

\/\/ Extended Clips<\/strong>
\nUnwelcome Guests #565 - The World Crisis and the Wholeness of Life
\n<\/a> The Delusion of Green Capitalism
\n<\/a> All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
\n<\/a> Nature Does Not Exist
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